| Description |
1 online resource (233 pages) |
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Routledge contemporary Japan series ; 36 |
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Routledge contemporary Japan series ; 36.
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| Contents |
Japan in the Age of Globalization; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Introduction; 1 Pioneers of globalization: Tokugawa's cross-cultural communications; 2 Mind the gap: Japanese corporate web sites and the missing war years; 3 "Kids these days ... ": globalization and the shifting discourse of childhood in Japan; 4 Restructuring and returns in Japan 2000-2001; 5 An overview of corporate governance reform in post-bubble Japan: institutional change and selective adaptation |
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6 Competing in the new global economy: exploring the roots of Japanese scientific and technological innovation7 Soft power and the globalization of Japanese popular culture; 8 Wakon-Yosai and globalization; 9 Caught in a "restless dream": contemporary Japanese women writers and the era of globalization; 10 Japan and the Cold War frontiers in East Asia in the era of globalism; 11 National mobilization and global engagement: understanding Japan's response to global climate change initiatives; Conclusion: Japan in the age of twenty-first-century globalization; Index |
| Summary |
The multiple and diverse forces of globalization have, indeed, affected Japan significantly over the past decades. But so, it must be said, has Japan influenced a variety of critical global developments - globalization is not a one-way street, particularly for a nation as economically influential and technologically advanced as Japan. The chapters in this collection examine the impact of globalization on Japan and the impact of Japan on the forces of globalization from the various disciplinary perspectives of business, the economy, politics, technology, culture and society. They also explai |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Globalization -- Japan
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Economic history
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Globalization
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Diplomatic relations
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Social conditions
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Globalisierung
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Globalisering -- Japan.
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- Economic conditions -- 1989-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90003616
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Japan -- Social conditions -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008001967
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Japan -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93001011
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Japan
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Japan
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Japan -- ekonomiska förhållanden -- 1989-
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Japan -- sociala förhållanden -- 1989-
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Coates, Ken
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| ISBN |
9780203814307 |
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0203814304 |
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