This book offers a new perspective on Japanese educational policy reforms that have been enacted under the guise of internationalization since the late 1980s. Current policy agendas are contextualized within the framework of repeated attempts to 'internationalize education' (kyoiku no kokusaika) in Japan.

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Reconsidering the Meiji Legacy Chapter 3 The Great War, International Education, and the Politics of Peace Chapter 4 Japan's Imperial Internationalism Chapter 5 Educating "Japanese Citizens of the World" and the Problem of History since 1945 Chapter 6 Epilogue