Presents results of analysis of AsiaBarometer survey data focusing on the quality of life from 29 Asian societies and 3 Western societies Provides coverage and analysis of trust, both interpersonal and institutional, in Asian settings, with wide appeal comparable to that of classics in the field Is based on interdisciplinary perspectives, with a balance between the Abrahamic and Dharmic intellectual traditionsthe drive for unifying and standardizing as well as the respect for diversity and heterogeneityfor a deeper understanding of the concept of trust

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1. Introduction.- 2.Interpersonal Trust.- 2.1. Social Capital in Ten Asian Societies.- 2.2. Social Capital in East Asia: Comparative Political Culture in Confucian Societies.- 2.3. Quantifying Social Capital in Central and South Asia: Are There Democratic, Developmental, and Regionalizing Potentials?.- 2.4. Psychometric Approach to Social Capital: Using AsiaBarometer Survey Data in 29 Asian Societies.- 2.5. Interpersonal Mistrust and Unhappiness among Japanese People.- 2.6 Interpersonal Trust and Quality of Life: A Cross-Sectional Study in Japan.- 2.7 Individual and Country-Level Effects of Social Trust on Happiness: The Asia Barometer Survey.- 3. Institutional Trust.- 3.1. Government Performance and Confidence in Political Institutions.- 3.2. Sociotropic and Pocketbook Politics in Japan.- 3.3. Influence of Income on Health Status and Healthcare Utilization in Working Adults: an Illustration of Health among the Working Poor in Japan.- 3.4 The relationship between trust in mass media and the healthcare system and individual health: evidence from the AsiaBarometer Survey.