"This book explores the origins of Japan's protectionist agricultural policies through an in-depth historical analysis of Japanese agricultural policies between the Meiji period and the end of WWII. It offers a constructivist account for the rise of protectionism, examining the policies of...

Japan's demographic collapse and the vanishing provinces / Seike Atsushi -- Monetary and fiscal policies during the lost decades / Kenneth Kuttner, Iwaisako Tokuo, and Adam Posen -- The two "lost decades" and macroeconomics : changing economic policies / Kobayashi Keiichiro -- Making sense of...

"This book presents a comprehensive overview of EU-Japan relations from 1970 to the present. It charts developments over the period, analyses key specific areas of importance to the relationship, and concludes by assessing how the relationship is likely to develop going forward. Throughout, the...

Institutional and technological change is a highly topical subject. At the theoretical level, there is much debate in the field of institutional economics about the role of technological change in endogenous growth theory. At a practical policy level, arguments rage about how Japan and the...

This new book discusses the extent to which the Japanese economy encourages entrepreneurship and innovation. Although Japan has a strong reputation as an innovator, some people argue that this reputation is misplaced. Contrary to earlier expectations, the USA rather than Japan emerged as the...

Institutional and technological change is a highly topical subject. At the theoretical level, there is much debate in the field of institutional economics about the role of technological change in endogenous growth theory. At a practical policy level, arguments rage about how Japan and the...

This new book discusses the extent to which the Japanese economy encourages entrepreneurship and innovation. Although Japan has a strong reputation as an innovator, some people argue that this reputation is misplaced. Contrary to earlier expectations, the USA rather than Japan emerged as the...

1. America's superhuman Japan : from Rising Sun to globalization rising -- 2. You are number two : the awe doctrine from Sputnik to the Japanese economic miracle -- 3. Supermoms : Kyoiku mamas -- 4. Super-inhuman : youth and international relations in Battle royale -- 5. Super cool from Sputnik...