FROM THE EDITOR (SHIRAISHI Takashi)

CHRONOLOGY
September – October 2009

HATOYAMA FACING ROUGH SEAS? (TAKENAKA Harukata)
Finally, a True Change of Government (INAMORI Kazuo)
A Golden Opportunity for the Japanese Economy (SAKAKIBARA Eisuke)
Time for a Mature Foreign Policy (TERASHIMA Jitsurô)
Starting Point for a Transformation (KITAOKA Shin’ichi, MIKURIYA Takashi)
The End of Two Eras (SASAKI Takeshi)
Hatoyama Launches His Administration

CHARTING JAPAN’S ECONOMIC FUTURE
Shortcomings in the DPJ’s Economic Policy (NARIAI Osamu)
Japan as Number Three (KOJIMA Akira)

A SOCIETY BLIGHTED BY DRUGS AND DESPAIR (KONDÔ Motohiro)
Stop the Suicides (TADA Yôhei)
Psychoanalyzing “Drug Paradise” Japan (SAITÔ Tamaki)

CULTURE
The Need for Greater Creativity (AOKI Tamotsu, TSUJII Takashi)

VOICES OF JAPAN
Healing Old Wounds with Manga Diplomacy (ISHIKAWA Yoshimi, interviewed by KÔNO Michikazu)

WAR RESPONSIBILITY
Peace Advocates Fail to Deliver (Yomiuri Shimbun War Responsibility Reexamination Committee)