ABSTRACT

This book aims to provide a glimpse into the vital debate among Japanese and Western scholars, policymakers, and private sector leaders concerning Japan's future course—a process with implications extending far beyond Japan to the entire world political system.

chapter |8 pages

East Asia and Global Security:

Implications for Japan*

chapter |8 pages

Japan and the Pacific Basin*

chapter |8 pages

Toward A Bilateral Partnership:

Improving Economic Relations

chapter |13 pages

Industrial Structure and Japanese Trade Friction:

U.S. Policy Responses

chapter |17 pages

Japan and the U.S Congress:

Problems and Prospects*

chapter |5 pages

Business and Japan's New World Role:

As Seen Through Personal Experience

chapter |15 pages

The European Community and Japan:

Beyond the Economic Dimension

chapter |13 pages

Sharing the Burden on the Far Side of the Alliance:

Japanese Security in the 1980s

part |14 pages

The Andrew Wellington Cordier Essay

chapter |14 pages

Carrots, Sticks, and Rice:

Japan's Quest for Food Security