FROM THE EDITOR (SHIRAISHI Takashi)

CHRONOLOGY
July – August 2008

SOCIAL SECURITY IN AN AGING JAPAN (NARIAI Osamu)
Too Generous to Seniors (HARADA Yutaka)
What’s Wrong with the New System of Elderly Medical Care? (KAWABUCHI Kôichi)
Diversification Leaves Many Seniors Shortchanged (YAMADA Masahiro)
The Graying of the Asian Economy (KOMINE Takao)

STEPPING DOWN TO SAVE THE LDP? (TAKENAKA Harukata)
The Amorphous Structure of Political Power (KAKIZAKI Meiji)
Probing the Policies of the Two Top Parties (YOSANO Kaoru, MAEHARA Seiji, TAHARA Sôichirô)

HEREDITARY POLITICS
In Their Fathers’ Footsteps (SAKAIYA Taichi)

THE ECONOMY
Global Change and Japanese Reform (KOJIMA Akira)

DIPLOMACY
Can the World Coexist with China? (OKAMOTO Yukio, TANAKA Akihiko)

TECHNOLOGY
Excavating the Treasures of the Urban Mine (YOSHIKAWA Hirokazu)

WAR RESPONSIBILITY
After the Manchurian Incident (Yomiuri Shimbun War Responsibility Reexamination Committee)