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The happy youth of a desperate country : the disconnect between Japan's malaise and its millenials / Noritoshi Furuichi ; translated by Raj Mahtani.

by Furuichi, Noritoshi, 1985- author.

Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2017.

Youth -- Japan -- Attitudes.

Youth -- Japan -- Social conditions -- 21st century.

Youth -- Japan -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.

Japan -- Social conditions -- 21st century.

9784916055835 :

Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)

ix, 281 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

The rise and fall of "young people" -- The restless young -- The "collapse" of "Japan"? -- The youths who stand up for Japan -- The great East Japan earthquake and the young people who met expectations -- The happy youth of a desperate country -- Supplementary chapter: a conversation with Takeru Satō.

"Young people in present-day Japan, a socially-polarized society, have been reportedly "unhappy." According to statistics, however, 80 percent of them are currely "satisfied" with life. By drawing attention to this very fact, The Happy Youth of a Desperate Country, a magnum opus by acclaimed sociologist Noritoshi Furuichi, has revolutionized the discourse on youth theory in Japan. Containing more than six hundred footnotes, this work offers a probing examination of the portrait of "young people" and serves as the definitive edition for anyone seeking to attain a wide-ranging grasp of Japan and its "young people," from a defining voice of their generation"--Back cover.

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