The book attempts to examine whether trade unions in Japan contributed to raising wages, productivity and firm's performance. In the western world trade unions are often regarded as organizations which prevent firms from performing well. The Japanese case may be different from Europe and North...

1 Seven Intellectual Ventures -- 2 Student Movement -- 3 Three of My Seniors -- 4 “Reiji Himeoka” -- 5 Nouvelle Vague -- 6 From Whence My DNA -- 7 Childhood -- 8 Middle School Years -- 9 High School Years -- 10 Sugamo Prison and Anti-Security Treaty Struggle -- 11 Dissolution of the Bund --...