Overview

To what extent is Japan in decline? In recent years popular writings, media commentaries and analysts often take the view that the rise of Japan is long since over and that the world's second largest economy is not just treading water but that society and the economy are failing, with potential catastrophic outcomes. But is this really the case? Could it be that once again Japan is being misread and misinterpreted? Are there not both obvious and less obvious signs of renewal and recovery? And how might the new DPJ-led government reform Japan? Based on papers given at a major international conference held at the University of Adelaide in November 2009, this thesis is examined here by a group of the world's leading specialists in their fields, addressing many of the key issues facing Japan today, from the economy and environment, to education, social policy, politics, internationalization, diplomacy, security. This volume will have wide-ranging interdisciplinary relevance for students and specialists alike.

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Author:   Purnendra Jain ,  Brad Williams
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Global Oriental Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.50cm
Weight:   0.566kg
ISBN:  

9781906876364

ISBN 10:   1906876363
Pages:   230
Publication Date:   21 March 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Japan: Descending Asian Giant?; Financial System Reform: Recovery or Retrogression?; Political Earthquake in Japan; Japan's ODA as Soft Power; Japan in Global Governance: War and Peace; Japan's Politics of Environment and Climate Change: From NIMBY to Global Networks; National Security in Japan's Space Policy; Japan's Regional Engagement: Network Diplomacy; Can Japan Engage Northeast Asia? Overcoming Perceptual and Strategic Deficits; Japan's Education System: Problems and Prospects in the Post-Industrial Age; The Impact of Changing Age Structure on Demographic Dividends and Intergenerational Transfers in Japan; Have Jobs and Hope Gone Forever in Japan? From Family and Firms to a New Social Network; The Culture of Migration Politics in Japan

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Purnendra Jain, PhD (1987), Griffith University, is Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Adelaide in Australia. His research interests include politics and foreign policy of contemporary Japan and the international relations of the Asia Pacific. Author and editor of one dozen books and numerous scholarly articles, his forthcoming edited book with Takashi Inoguchi is Japanese Politics Today (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011). Brad Williams, Ph.D (2004), Monash University, teaches in the Department of Asian and International Studies, City University of Hong Kong. He has published extensively on Japanese domestic politics and foreign policy.

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