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Rethinking Japan’s Lost Three Decades
After the bubble burst, what was truly lost?
Completed · 20 episodes
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Audio in Chinese
Program Introduction: What Can Japan’s “Lost Three Decades” Teach Us? 01 Prelude: Shōwa Under the Bubble Economy and the Restless Heisei Era 02 The Love-Hate U.S.–Japan Alliance: How America Set the Upper and Lower Limits of Japan’s Economy 03 After the Bubble Burst, How Did Japan Confront Structural Economic Problems? 04 Politics from Below: While the Economy Was in Chaos, What Were Japan’s Politicians Doing? 05 The Collapse of the “Safe Country” Myth: Aum Shinrikyo and the Tokyo Subway Attack 06 How J-Pop Captured Japan’s Cultural Ambition and a Generation’s Confusion 07 The “Relaxed Education Generation”: Why Did Reform Make Young Japanese People the Scapegoats? 08 When Nobita Becomes Gian: Why Do Middle-Class Young People Choose a Downwardly Mobile Life? 09 Once Fiercely Repressed, Has Otaku Culture Become Japan’s Cultural Beacon? 10 Princes, Idols, and Hosts: Why Do Overlooked Working-Class Women Fall into a Trap Called Freedom? 11 The Poor in a Rich Country: Japan’s Internet-Café Residents and Precarious Workers 12 “Frail” Protesters: How Has Xenophobia Reemerged in Japan? 13 When Politicians Become Influencers: Why Has Japanese Politics Turned Toward Populism? 14 How Did Long-Term Stagnation Fuel the Whitewashing of Japan’s Imperial Aggression? 15 How Far into the Reiwa Era Before Japan Allows Married Couples Different Surnames? 16 How Does Adult Pessimism About Social Change Fuel Bullying in Japanese Schools? 17 Why Do Japan’s Voluntarily Single Adults Ignore Childbearing Subsidies? 18 Make Japan Great Again? What Kind of World Does Japan Want Today? (Finale) Observation Room | What Happens in Japanese Politics After Shigeru Ishiba Steps Down?