Intro -- THE JAPAN THAT NEVER WAS -- CONTENTS -- TABLES AND FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Part I. THE MISUNDERSTOOD … COUNTRY -- 1. THE JAPAN THAT NEVER WAS -- 2. HOW DIFFERENT IS DIFFERENT? Bureaucrats, Politicians, and Economic Policy Making … in Postwar Japan -- Part II. POLITICAL ECONOMICS IN A CAPITALIST JAPAN -- 3. THE PROBLEM OF JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL POLICY …

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Why the Motorcycle? -- 1 Japan's Transportation … The Rise of the Big Four -- 6 Bitter Realities: Going Bankrupt in Japan -- 7 Sales and Safety -- Appendix A: Motorcycle …

Despite the enduring importance of the U.S.-Japan security alliance, the broader relationship between the two countries … its political, economic, and social foundations, Kent E. Calder, a leading Japan specialist, asserts that bilateral …;Calder documents the quiet erosion of America's multidimensional ties with Japan as China rises, generations change, and new forces …

Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Conventions and Abbreviations -- Exit, Voice, and Japan … Women -- Exceptions That Prove the Rule -- Toward a New System of Social Protection in Japan -- Notes -- Index. …

ideas, in particular, the development of Japan's industrial policy …

innovation are handled, in Japan, Britain the USA …