The legacy of the Tokugawa period -- The Meiji period : establishing modern traditions -- Taisho period urbanisation and the development of the 1919 planning system -- Japan's first urban planning system -- Post-war reconstruction and rapid economic growth -- Environmental crisis and the new city planning system of 1968 -- Implementing the new city planning system -- From planning deregulation to the bubble economy -- The era of local rights : master plans, machizukuri and historical preservation -- Japanese urbanisation and planning

1. City planning -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
2. Urbanization -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
3. Cities and towns -- Japan -- History -- 20th century