Robert W. Aspinall is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Systems, Faculty of Economics, Shiga University.

• LIST OF ABBREVIATIONSACKNOWLEDGMENTSNOTES ON STYLEINTRODUCTION 1. The American Occupation, the First Postwar Teachers' Unions and the Formation of Nikkyoso 2. The History of Nikkyoso, 1952-1988 3. Nikkyoso's 1989 Schism: the End of an Era? 4. Teacher's Unions and Power Relations Within the Japanese Education System 5. The Contribution to the Debate on Education Reform Made by Nikkyoso and Zenkyo 6. The Place of Teachers' Unions Within the Wider Union Movement 7. Changing Teachers' Unions and Political Realignment CONCLUSIONNOTESBIBLIOGRAPHYLIST OF INTERVIEWSINDEX

"It is an excellent book, well-written, and thoroughly researched and documented. Nothing like it exists in the field of Japanese politics and education." — Donald R. Thurston, author of Teachers and Politics in Japan"This book should interest all serious students of postwar Japan. Its significance goes well beyond education and speaks to the right-left split in postwar Japanese society." — Edward R. Beauchamp, coeditor of Japanese Education Since 1945: A Documentary Study

Robert W. Aspinall is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Systems, Faculty of Economics, Shiga University.

• LIST OF ABBREVIATIONSACKNOWLEDGMENTSNOTES ON STYLEINTRODUCTION 1. The American Occupation, the First Postwar Teachers' Unions and the Formation of Nikkyoso 2. The History of Nikkyoso, 1952-1988 3. Nikkyoso's 1989 Schism: the End of an Era? 4. Teacher's Unions and Power Relations Within the Japanese Education System 5. The Contribution to the Debate on Education Reform Made by Nikkyoso and Zenkyo 6. The Place of Teachers' Unions Within the Wider Union Movement 7. Changing Teachers' Unions and Political Realignment CONCLUSIONNOTESBIBLIOGRAPHYLIST OF INTERVIEWSINDEX

"It is an excellent book, well-written, and thoroughly researched and documented. Nothing like it exists in the field of Japanese politics and education." — Donald R. Thurston, author of Teachers and Politics in Japan"This book should interest all serious students of postwar Japan. Its significance goes well beyond education and speaks to the right-left split in postwar Japanese society." — Edward R. Beauchamp, coeditor of Japanese Education Since 1945: A Documentary Study

Robert W. Aspinall is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Systems, Faculty of Economics, Shiga University.

• LIST OF ABBREVIATIONSACKNOWLEDGMENTSNOTES ON STYLEINTRODUCTION 1. The American Occupation, the First Postwar Teachers' Unions and the Formation of Nikkyoso 2. The History of Nikkyoso, 1952-1988 3. Nikkyoso's 1989 Schism: the End of an Era? 4. Teacher's Unions and Power Relations Within the Japanese Education System 5. The Contribution to the Debate on Education Reform Made by Nikkyoso and Zenkyo 6. The Place of Teachers' Unions Within the Wider Union Movement 7. Changing Teachers' Unions and Political Realignment CONCLUSIONNOTESBIBLIOGRAPHYLIST OF INTERVIEWSINDEX

"It is an excellent book, well-written, and thoroughly researched and documented. Nothing like it exists in the field of Japanese politics and education." — Donald R. Thurston, author of Teachers and Politics in Japan"This book should interest all serious students of postwar Japan. Its significance goes well beyond education and speaks to the right-left split in postwar Japanese society." — Edward R. Beauchamp, coeditor of Japanese Education Since 1945: A Documentary Study