Introduction Carin Holroyd and Ken Coates Part 1: The History of Globalization in Japan 1. Pioneers of Globalization: Tokugawa’s Cross-Cultural Communications Jay Goulding 2. Mind the Gap: Japanese Corporate Web Sites and the Missing War Years Jeff Alexander 3. 'Kids These Days…': Globalization and the Shifting Discourse of Childhood in Japan Dawn Grimes-McClellan Part 2: Globalization and the Japanese Economy and Business Environment 4. Restructuring and Returns in Japan 2000-2001 Dick Beason, Ken Gordon, Vikas Mehrotra and Akiko Watanabe 5. An Overview of Corporate Governance Reform in Post-Bubble Japan: Institutional Change and Selective Adaptation, Masao Nakamura 6. Competing in the New Global Economy: Exploring the Roots of Japanese Scientific and Technological Innovation Ken Coates and Carin Holroyd Part 3: Cool Japan and the Global Age 7. Soft Power and the Globalization of Japanese Popular Culture William Tsutsui 8. Wakon-Yosai and Globalization Norio Ota 9. Caught in a ‘Restless Dream:’ Contemporary Japanese Women Writers and the Era of Globalization Janice Brown Part 4: Globalization and Japan’s Place in the World 10. Japan and the Cold War Frontiers in East Asia in the Era of Globalization Kimie Hara 11. National Mobilization and Global Engagement: Understanding Japan’s Response to Global Climate Change Initiatives Carin Holroyd 12. Conclusion: Japan and 21st Century Globalization Carin Holroyd and Ken Coates