“Living in Reiwa, Overcoming the Failures of Heisei” Kazutoshi Handō / Akira Ikegami The deterioration of politics, the fall from economic superpower status, the division of society… The problems have not been reset! In the first year of Heisei, the Japanese were reveling in the bubble, unaware that the world order had collapsed along with the Berlin Wall. After the bubble burst, successive major disasters and a long period of deflation forced people to focus on protecting their immediate lives, and their aspirations turned inward. And Japan became a "second-rate economic nation, a third-rate bureaucratic nation," and a "nation overflowing with rumors and discrimination." This image overlaps with pre-war Japan, which was left behind by the international community and plunged into a reckless war. Where did we go wrong? How can we rebuild this country? A heated dialogue thoroughly examining the failures of Heisei. ● The introduction of the single-member constituency system caused politicians to become robots of political parties. ● From the Fukushima nuclear accident to statistical fraud, the government's concealment of information is the same as during wartime. ● The story of Japan's national defense, lectured to Prince Hisahito. ● The Aum Shinrikyo incident is not a thing of the past. Conspiracy theories riddled with lies still thrive… and more. [Table of Contents] Chapter 1: Deteriorated Politics, the First Crossroads Chapter 2: What Was Lost and What Was Brought by Disasters Chapter 3: The Great Failure of Nuclear Energy Policy Chapter 4: Totalitarianism Emerging in the Internet Society Chapter 5: Who Triggered the Cult? Chapter 6: It Was Not an Era Without War Chapter 7: The Japanese Economy, Thirty Years of Continued Loss Chapter 8: From Heisei to Reiwa – Is the Imperial System Necessary for Japan? Minor soiling on the edges and bottom. #KazutoshiHandō #AkiraIkegami #Books #JapaneseLiterature/Essays