Introduction : the stakes of intimacy in contemporary Japan / Allison Alexy Students outside the classroom : youth's intimate experiences in 1990s Japan / Yukari Kawahara Resisting intervention, (en)trusting my partner : unmarried women's narratives about contraceptive use in Tokyo / Shana Fruehan Sandberg Romantic and sexual intimacy before and beyond marriage / Laura Dales and Beverley Yamamoto