The ambiguity, domains, and degrees of nationalism -- Historical background of Japan's nationalism -- Renovationist nationalism : the self-reinforcing logic of modernity and Japaneseness -- Nationalizing the state and statizing the nation -- Economic nationalism : developmentalism and capitalist nationalism -- Educational nationalism : reproducing educational dualism -- Ethnos nationalism : state, nation, and "race" in a house of mirrors -- State cultural nationalism : "cultural policy" : aestheticizing the the nation and nationalizing aesthetics -- Popular cultural nationalism : linking ethnos, aesthetics, citizenship, and progress -- Postimperial ethnos nationalism : homogeneity, uniqueness, and peace -- Gendered nationalism : producing "good wives, wise mothers" -- Mainstream and marginal nationalism : the paradox of "Japaneseness" in the Mahikari religious movement -- Japan's legacy of modernity and issues of citizenship -- Internationalism, extranationalism, and renovationism.