1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791884903321

Autore

Sinha Radha

Titolo

Japan's options for the 1980s / / Radha Sinha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 1982, 2011

ISBN

1-136-91293-2

1-136-91294-0

1-283-03791-2

9786613037916

0-203-84345-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions.Japan ; ; v. 48

Disciplina

338.952

Soggetti

Japan Economic conditions

Japan Economic policy 1945-1989

Japan Foreign economic relations

Japan Politics and government 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1982.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; TABLES; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE NATURE AND COMPOSITION OF JAPANESE FOREIGN TRADE; 3 THE NATURE OF THE WEST'S CRITICISM OF JAPAN; 4 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF TRADE LIBERALISATION IN JAPAN; 5 RESTRUCTURING THE JAPANESE ECONOMY; 6 THE MILITARY SITUATION IN THE FAR EAST AND THE THREAT TO JAPAN; 7 THE STRAINS ON JAPANESE PACIFISM; 8 JAPAN'S OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Japan's economic success since the 1950s created a range of serious domestic and international problems which threaten the stability of the country. Within Japan at the start of the 1980s there was a strong mood on the right for remilitarization to give the nation the super-power status her economic performance justified. Outside Japan, there was increasing pressure from the West to make her conform to Western strategic interests. Against the background of these crucial issues the book analyzes the economic, political and military options open to



Japan. Focussing on the interconnecting them