Relates the history of Japanese film to the history of the capitalist transformation of Japan …

This book clarifies the challenges and outcomes of the Sunshine Project, a national project in Japan for developing new …

1 The culture and institutions of Japan -- 2 Mental models and the cost of institutions -- 3 The process of long …-term growth before the Meiji Restoration -- 4 Religious changes in Kamakura-era Japan -- 5 Institutions and trust level during the … Restoration -- 8 Culture and collective behavior in Japan -- References -- Indices. …

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 …

-- THREE. THE ANATOMY OF U.S.-JAPANESE ANTAGONISMS -- FOUR. IN SOME WAYS JAPAN REALLY IS ODD -- FIVE. IS A PAX JAPONICA … POSSIBLE? -- SIX. JAPAN'S FUTURE COURSE -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX … Bush's ill-fated trip to Japan in 1991, frictions between the United States and Japan have been steadily on the rise …