Martin Fackler is former Tokyo Bureau Chief for The New York Times (2009-2015), for which he is currently assistant editor in Asia.
Yoichi Funabashi is an award-winning Japanese journalist, author, and chair of the Asia Pacific Initiative (formerly Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation), which he cofounded.

Preface
Yoichi Funabashi
Introduction: What Can Japan Offer the World?
Lully Miura
Part One Galapagos Incubator
Chapter 1 A Soft Superpower: The Pivot from Manufacturing to Pop Culture
Matt Alt
Chapter 2 Dominating the Pritzkers: Japan's Emergence as a Leader in Design
Kengo Kuma and Dana Buntrock
Chapter 3 Asia's Rediscovery of Japan: The Boom in Inbound Tourism
Fumiko Kato
Part Two Outliers and Pioneers
Chapter 4 Departing from Silicon Valley: Japan's New Startup Ecosystem
Kenji E. Kushida
Chapter 5 A Nation of Centenarians: Japan's Revolution in Health and Wellness
Yoshiki Ishikawa
Chapter 6 Pursuing Nobels: Japan's Emergence as a Global Leader in Science
David Cyranoski
Chapter 7 Deciphering Japan: China's Fascination with Its Neighbor
Mao Danqing
Part Three Global Contributor
Chapter 8 Lessons of Tohoku: The Sources of Japan's Resilience to Disaster
Daniel P. Aldrich
Chapter 9 Bridges Make Good Neighbors: Building Soft Power with ODA
Hiromi Inami
Chapter 10 Japan's Strategic Position: Global Civilian Power 2.0
Yuichi Hosoya
Chapter 11 Obama in Hiroshima: A Model for Historical Reconciliation?
Jennifer Lind
Conclusion: Japan's Frontiers Are Global Frontiers
Yoichi Funabashi
About the Editors and Contributors
Index

Highly readable yet deeply researched, this book serves as an essential guide to the many ways in which Japan has risen to become one of the world's most creative and innovative societies.
During its so-called Lost Decades, Japan has quietly reinvented itself from a nation with an economy playing catch-up into a global leader in innovation and creativity, one whose "soft power" extends from postmodern architecture to pluripotent stem cells.
Written by a dozen experts in their fields, including architect Kengo Kuma, designer of Tokyo's 2020 Olympic stadium, this book describes Japan's contributions to the world in fields ranging from fashion and pop culture to development aid and historical reconciliation. In addition, it demonstrates how Japan has led efforts to contend with several social and economic challenges facing the entire developed world, including demographic aging, rising healthcare costs, and wasteful consumption. Using these accomplishments as evidence, it argues that, in an era of questions surrounding the capability of American leadership, the time has come for Japan to step into a new role as a purveyor of models and values better suited to today's multipolar and diverse world.