his volume provides an overview of recent research on child development in Japan. Sixteen contributions from leading psychologists cover such topics as the development of manga (comic book) literacy, the study of mathematics in school, and the effects of job- related temporary father absence. Peer relations and the developmental psychology of chil

Review: "The book sets a new standard for the description and analysis of child rearing and development in a non-Western society. It gives English-speaking readers access - at last - to the fascinating systematic research Japanese psychologists have been doing on Japanese children in a wide variety of contemporary contexts: in families with working mothers, with video games and comic books, in school, and u