Introduction: Why such a long introduction?
Part One: The context of racism in Japan
Racial discrimination in Japan : contextualizing the issue
How racism "works" in Japan
Part Two: "Japanese only" : examples of racial discrimination
Case studies of "Japanese only" exclusionary businesses
Part Three: The construction of Japan's embedded racism
Legal constructions of "Japaneseness"
How "Japaneseness" is enforced through laws
A "Chinaman's chance" in Japanese court
From foreign fetishization to fear in the Japanese media
Part Four. Challenges to Japan's exclusionary narratives
Maintaining the binary despite domestic and international pressure
Part Five. Discussion and conclusions
Putting the concept of "embedded racism" to work
"So what?" : why Japan's "embedded racism" matters : Japan's bleak future
Glossary
Appendix One: Sakanaka's "big Japan" vs. "small Japan"
Appendix Two: This research's debt to critical race theory.