| List of Illustrations | |
| Abbreviations | |
| Preface | |
| Social Management: An Introduction | 3 |
| Pt. 1 | State and Society Before 1945 | 23 |
| Ch. 1 | The Evolution of "Japanese-Style" Welfare | 25 |
| Ch. 2 | Defining Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy | 60 |
| Ch. 3 | The World's Oldest Debate? Regulating Prostitution and Illicit Sexuality | 88 |
| Ch. 4 | Integrating Women into Public Life: Women's Groups and the State | 115 |
| Pt. 2 | Social Management in Postwar Japan | 147 |
| Ch. 5 | Re-creating the Channels of Moral Suasion | 149 |
| Ch. 6 | Sexual Politics and the Feminization of Social Management | 178 |
| Ch. 7 | Managing Spiritual Life and Material Well-being | 206 |
| Epilogue | 231 |
| Notes | 239 |
| Bibliography | 273 |
| Interviews | 298 |
| Index | 299 |
