ABSTRACT
The Internationalization of Japan provides the English-speaking reader with the opportunity to hear what some of Japan's leading social scientists and other commentators have to say about the internationalization of their country as well as their country's impact overseas.
The topic is of extreme importance now as the international community demands a greater Japanese contribution to international society as well as changes in Japan to facilitate foreign access. The book discusses the internationalization of politics, economy and society. Topics of special interest include the internationalization of Japanese capital, the response of Japanese society to foreign workers, local level initiatives for internationalization and the internationalization of education.
To place the internationalization of Japan in comparative perspective there are chapters on Britain and the United States from a leading British and a leading American political scientist respectively. These two and the editors aside, all the contributors are highly regarded Japanese scholars or commentators.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|48 pages
Comparison
part II|56 pages
Meanings and implications
part III|54 pages
Japan and the world economy
part IV|32 pages
National and local politics
chapter 9|17 pages
Japan's political change towards internationalization
part V|64 pages
Labour markets and migrant workers
part VI|32 pages
Education and the individual
part VII|18 pages
The future