Ideology and practice in Japan : towards a theoretical approach / Roger Goodman -- Symbols of nationalism and 'Nihonjinron' / Harumi Befu -- Rivers in Tokyo : a mesological glimpse / Augustin Berque -- Individualism and individuality : entry into a social world / Joy Hendry -- When blossoms fall : Japanese attitudes towards death and the otherworld : opinion polls 1953-87 / Fleur Wöss -- From farm to urban middle class : a case study of the role of education in the process of social mobility / Regine Mathias -- Japanese educational expansion : quality or equality / Kirsten Refsing -- Beacon for the twenty-first century : Confucianism after the Tokugawa era in Japan / Jan van Bremen -- NHK comes to Kuzaki : ideology, mythology and documentary film-making / D.P. Martinez -- Discourse on Japan in the German press : images of economic competition / Rosemary Breger -- Confucianism and gender segregation in Japan / Okpyo Moon -- Self-presentation and performance in the 'yakuza' way of life : fieldwork with a Japanese underworld group / Jacob Raz