CONTENIDO:

I. Japan and the janese

1. The japanese land and people
2. Japanese history
3. Orgins of the japanese pople
4. Sources of japanese culture
5. Characteristics of japenese culture
6. Japanese concepts of nature
7. Japanese religion
8. The japanese work ethic
9. Relaxing japanese-style
10. Japanese aesthetics
11. View of life and death
12. Groupism
13. Giri and ninjõ
14. Tha japanese brain
15. Lonjevity
16. The japanese year
17. The japanese life cycle
18. Japanese verbal signals
19. Japanese gentures
20. The japanese language
21. Popular heroes
22. Tha japanaese identity crisis
23. Getting along whith the japanese

II. Living in japan

1. Standard o fliving
2. The japanese day
3. The family
4. The household budget
5. Housing
6. Consumer durables
7. Clothing and kimono
8. The japenese diet
9. Japanese food
10. Traditional japanese dishes
11. Marriage and divorce
12. Funerals
13. Shõgatsu and bon
14. Children's festivals
15. Tanabata and christmas
16. japanese festivals
17. The japanese consumer
18. Gift-gicving
19. Newspapers
20. Radio and television
21. Publishing
22. Roads
23. Rail transport
24. Public order in japan
25. Pollution
26. Social welfare
27. The japenese education system
28. Student life
29. Cram schools
30. Tourism
31. Japan's hot springs
32. Cherry-blossom and maple-leaf viewing
33. Baseball
34. Golf, tennis, and fishing
35. Sumo
36. Judo
37. Hendõ, Kyũdõ, Karate, and Aikidõ
38. Films
39. Go, Shõgi, and Mahjong
40. Lagalized gambling
41. Children's games

III. Japanese society

1. Government
2. Postwar politics
3. The imperial institution
4. The cabinet
5. Political parties
6. Elections
7. Political factions
8. The bureaucracy
9. The japenece judicial system
10. Taxes
11. Foreign policy
12. Japanese defense policy
13. International economic cooperation
14. Japan's postwar economic recovery
15. From repid growth to stable growth
16. Changes in the industrial structure
17. Japan's industrial structure
18. Industrial policy
19. Trade structure and trade friction
20. Farming, forestry, and fisheries
21. Japan's principal manufacturing industries
22. High-technology products
23. Price and distribution
24. Japan's nuclear power industry
25. The japanese decision-marking process
26. Japanese employment
27. Seniority-based rewards
28. Industrial realtions
29. The japanese workweek and wages
30. Retirement
31. Socializing
32. A day in the life of a japanese businessman
33. The life of a businessman
34. Japanese business prsctices

IV. Cultural heritage

1. Architecture
2. Gardens
3. Music
4. Traditional japanese music
5. Noh
6. Kabuki
7. Buraku and buyõ
8. Popular entertainment
9. Flower arrangement
10. The tea ceremony
11. Calligraphy
12. Painting
13. Ukiyo-e
14. Ceramics
15. Lacquer ware
16. The japanese sword
17. Japanese dolls
18. Japanese literature 1 (Formaive years)
19. Japanese literature 2 (Court literature)
20. Japanese literature 3 (Medieval)
21. Japanese literature 4 (Town pleasure)
22. Japanese literature 5 (Post-restoration)
23. Japanese literature 6 (Early twentieth century)
24. Japanese literature 7 (Postwar)
25. Waka
26. Haiku
27. Maga
28. Buddhism
29. Zen
30. Shinto
31. Christianity
32. Mythology
33. Folk tales
34. Legends

V. Affinties with nature

1. Dogs and cats
2. Hourses and cows
3. Tanuki and Kitsune
4. Sea bream and carp
5. Cranes and crows
6. Pines trees
7. Bamboo
8. Sakura
9. Plum and peach
10. Ghosts
11. Monsters and apparitions

Appendix. Chronology of japanese history