Japan's changing generations : are Japanese young people creating a new society? / edited by Gordon Mathews and Bruce White.

Originally published: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. The Japanese Generational Divide -- 1. The Generation Gap in Japanese Society since the 1960s -- 2. Why are Japanese Youth Today so Passive? -- 3. The Local Roots of Global Citizenship: Generational Change in a Kyushu Hamlet -- Part 2. How Teenagers Cope With the Adult World -- 4. How Japanese Teenagers Cope: Social Pressures and Personal Responses -- 5. Youth Fashion and Changing Beautification Practices -- 6. 'Guiding' Japan's University Students through the Generation Gap -- Part 3. How Young Adults Challenge the Social Order -- 7. Seeking a Career, Finding a Job: How Young People Enter and Resist the Japanese World of Work -- 8. Mothers and Their Unmarried Daughters: An Intimate Look at Generational Change -- 9. What Happens When They Come Back: How Japanese Young People with Foreign University Degrees Experience the Japanese Workplace -- 10. Centered Selves and Life Choices: Changing Attitudes of Young Educated Mothers -- Epilogue: Are Japanese Young People Creating a New Society?.