Contents: Constitutional trends and developments / Nobushige Ukai -- The cabinet, administrative organization, and the bureaucracy / Kiyoaki Tsuji -- The national diet after independence / Hattie Kawahara Colton -- The judicial system of new Japan / Kakiwa Gokijo -- The conservative political movement / Kenneth E. Colton -- The social democratic movement / Cecil H. Uyehara -- Japanese communism and the Moscow-Peking axis / Rodger Sweringen -- Nationalism and the ultraright wing / Hirotatsu Fujiwara -- Internal industrial and business trends / Shigeto Tsuru -- Problems in foreign trade and investment / Jerome B. Cohen -- Labor patterns and trends / Solomon B. Levine -- Post-occupation conditions in rural Japan / John D. Eyre -- Social stratification and mobility : Some political implications / Allan B. Cole -- The aftermath of educational reform / Daishiro Hidaka -- Japan's foreign relations / Katsuo Okazaki -- Problems in self-defense / Masamichi Royama.