Part I. The problem : Our neighbor Japan -- Japan and America: The record -- Japan and America: the problem -- Part II. The physical setting : People and land -- Men and machines -- Part III. The Japanese character : The Japanese and the outside world -- Emotion and conformity -- Shame, obedience, and will power -- Change and conflict -- Part IV. The occupation : The victors and the vanquished -- Retribution and reform -- Hopes and fears

1. United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan
2. Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States