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[Glosserman] traces the present trajectory of Japan. He does so in a readable style that presents his narrative convincingly to both students of Japanese affairs and readers coming to this question with little foreknowledge. * Socialism Today * Japan, in Brad Glosserman's view, is currently understudied, undervalued, and underappreciated in international relations.... [He] draws out the lessons for us all. * Times Higher Education *

Glosserman hits the mark with this readable, insightful, and smart book about this most significant U.S. alliance partner in Asia. Writing with a gritty, real perspective given his time as a journalist in the country, and with policy acumen stemming from his work at Pacific Forum, the author provides the reader, both expert and layperson, with a unique view into Japan's search for its own identity, from Kantei, to boardrooms, to conference rooms. -- Victor Cha, D.S. Song-KF Endowed Chair in International Affairs, Department of Government and School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University Peak Japan is a thought-provoking book on the analysis of many challenges Japan is to face. The background of the author makes the book compelling to read for interested readers both inside and outside of Japan. -- Takatoshi Kato, Senior Adviser, Japan Center for International Finance [Glosserman] traces the present trajectory of Japan. He does so in a readable style that presents his narrative convincingly to both students of Japanese affairs and readers coming to this question with little foreknowledge. * Socialism Today * Japan, in Brad Glosserman's view, is currently understudied, undervalued, and underappreciated in international relations.... [He] draws out the lessons for us all. * Times Higher Education * It is a timely, well researched, and grabbing analysis of contemporary Japan. Brad Glosserman has spent nearly 30 years after the end of the Cold War on Japan first living there and then observing it from the vicinity of Hawaii as executive-director of the Pacific Forum. He detected four shocks of the so-called lost 30 years : the Lehman, the failed Democratic Party, the Senkaku (Dyaoyutai) and finally, the Great Eastern Japan Disaster. Shinzo Abe, in the last six years, now likely to be extended for another three, has done much more than anyone thought. But are Abe, his successors, and ultimately, the people of Japan, decisive and fast enough to let Japan really overcome these lost decades and activate it to meet the requirement of the era? Brad's analysis is fair, penetrating and ultimately embraced with warm feeling toward Japan. -- Kazuhiko Togo, Professor and Director, Institute for World Affairs, Kyoto Sangyo University Brad Glosserman's book is deeply-researched and closely-argued but winningly readable. Always fair but bracingly clear-eyed, its key conclusions are both important and hard to challenge. It is an essential guide to understanding not just Japan's future, but Asia's as well. -- Hugh White, Professor, Australia National University Are Japan's best days behind it? In Peak Japan long time Japan-observer Brad Glosserman, weighs the complex arguments surrounding this question through an engaging mixture of behind-the-scenes details, poignant anecdotes and insightful interviews, emphasizing the handicaps faced by Japan. This is a timely analysis that will engage readers regardless of the conclusions they finally draw about Japan's future. -- TJ Pempel, Jack M. Forcey Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

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Brad Glosserman is deputy director of and visiting professor at the Tama University Center for Rule Making Strategies in Japan, and a senior advisor at Pacific Forum International, a Honolulu-based think tank; he previously served there as executive director for 16 years. He was a member of The Japan Times editorial board from 1991 to 2001 and continues to serve as a contributing editor there. He is the co-author of The Japan-South Korea Identity Clash.

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