After centuries of virtual isolation, during which time international sea travel was forbidden outside of Japan … incursions into Asia by European powers-not the least of which was Commodore Perry's arrival in Japan in 1853-54 and the forced …

Intro -- Preface To The Third Edition -- I The Japanese Industrial System -- Chapter 1. Japan And The New Global … Economy -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Japan As Industrial Superpower -- 1.3 Paradoxes Of Asian Growth -- 1.4 Japan As Learner And … -- 2.6 Summary And Conclusions -- Ii Japan'S Societal Policies -- Chapter 3. Japan Inc.: Business-Government Relations -- 3 …

Jiyeoun Song focuses on South Korea and Japan, which have advanced labor market reform and confronted the rapid rise of … Market Reform in Hard Times -- 3. The Institutional Origins of the Labor Market and Social Protections in Japan and Korea … -- 4. Japan: Liberalization for Outsiders, Protection for Insiders -- 5. Korea: Liberalization for All, Except for Chaebŏl …

-- 5. Crisis? What Crisis? -- 6. Miracle Makers -- Part Two: Japan's Lost Decade -- 7. Legacy -- 8. Sphere of the Sun -- 9 …. Japan Adrift -- 10. Vortex -- 11. Paradigm Lost -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Glossary: Acronyms and Terms …

Real World Computing Program -- 7. A Broader View of Japan's Techno-Globalism -- 8. METI and the Future of Techno …

Better Regional and Global Governance -- Japan and Latin America …

The story of a comeback from bankruptcy: Japan Airlines -- Index …