This topic is closely related to the problem of the "unipolar concentration on Tôkyô" (Tôkyô ikkyoku shûchû), i.e. the domination of the Tôkyô Metropolitan Region not just in population or manufacturing distribution but in the geography of the service sector of the Japanese economy,...

The following volume reports the findings of an extensive survey about research in the field of East Asian Studies by scholars in central and eastern Europe. The purpose, methodology and major findings of this investigation are presented in the introduction to the report. Organised into two main...