The return of Japanese labor? The mainstreaming of the labor question in Japanese politics p. 145
Authors: Toru Shinoda

Labor politics in Japan during "the lost fifteen years": from the politics of productivity to the politics of consumption p. 161
Authors: Mari Miura

Shunto and the shackles of competitiveness p. 177
Authors: Charles Weathers

Incorporating Japanese labor into the Free World: Cold War diplomacy and economic interdependence, 1949-1964 p. 199
Authors: Koji Nakakita

Labor History symposium: Mari Sako, Shifting Boundaries of the Firm p. 223

Selected bibliography on labor in Japan p. 253
Authors: Christopher Gerteis

Book Reviews p. 257
Authors: Michael Lewis; Lonny Carlile; Christopher Gerteis; Hyeong-Ki Kwon; Jun Imai; Charles Weathers; John Benson; Christine de Matos; Priscilla A. Lambert; Elyssa Faison