Chapter 1 Introduction: An Attempt to Integrate Gender and Development Issues of Japan and Developing Countries

Chapter 2 Economic Development and Gender Disparities: The Japanese Experience

Chapter 4 ‘Livelihood Improvement’ in Postwar Japan: Its Relevance for Rural Development Today

Chapter 5 Entrepreneurship and Rural Women’s Empowerment: Some Japanese and Thai Cases

Chapter 6 Women’s Participation in Politics and the Women’s Movement: The History and Background of Recent Successes of Women Candidates in Local Elections

Chapter 7 Has Socialism Contributed to Gender Role Changes? A Comparison of Gender Roles in Cuba and Japan

Chapter 8 Nation-state, Family and Gender: Recent Studies in Japan and Turkey

Chapter 9 Factory Women under Globalization: Incorporating Japanese Women into the Global Factory Debate