As Japan moved into the twenty-first century, it found its position and options within the world economy and within Japan fundamentally changed. In contrast to most of the postwar era, which had been a period of growing opportunities, the 1990s and early twenty-first century were characterized...

As Japan moves from a ""catch-up"" strategy to a post-developmental stage, it is changing its actions and reactions both in terms of international political economy and domestic policy issues. The current changes in Japan can best be understood as following a path toward ""permeable...