Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

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1. Small Firms and Innovation Policy in Japan

   Edited by Cornelia Storz

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   This new book discusses the extent to which the Japanese economy encourages entrepreneurship and innovation. Although Japan has a strong reputation as an innovator, some people argue that this reputation is misplaced. Contrary to earlier expectations, the USA rather than Japan emerged as the...

   Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Institutional and Technological Change in Japan's Economy

   Past and Present

   Edited by Janet Hunter, Cornelia Storz

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   Institutional and technological change is a highly topical subject. At the theoretical level, there is much debate in the field of institutional economics about the role of technological change in endogenous growth theory. At a practical policy level, arguments rage about how Japan and the Japanese...

   Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. Manga and the Representation of Japanese History

   Edited by Roman Rosenbaum

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   This edited collection explores how graphic art and in particular Japanese manga represent Japanese history. The articles explore the representation of history in manga from disciplines that include such diverse fields as literary studies, politics, history, cultural studies, linguistics,...

   Published September 3rd 2012 by Routledge
4. Japanese Apologies for World War II

   A Rhetorical Study

   By Jane Yamazaki

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   Post-war Japan offers a compelling case study of national apologies for past wrongdoings. Actions of the Japanese Army and government during the Second World War caused enormous suffering and distress throughout Asia, leaving a legacy of resentment and distrust. Beginning in the mid-1980s, apology...

   Published August 1st 2012 by Routledge
5. Adoption in Japan

   Comparing Policies for Children in Need

   By Peter Hayes, Toshie Habu

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   The first book-length study of adoption in Japan, this impressive work tackles the innovative and sometimes controversial subject of the policies of adoption agencies in Japan. The book places special adoption in the context of a liberal reformist agenda that has challenged...

   Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge
6. Mental Health Care in Japan

   Edited by Ruth Taplin, Sandra J. Lawman

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   Mental health, including widespread depression, a high suicide rate and institutionalisation, is a major problem in Japan. At the same time, the mental health care system in Japan has historically been more restrictive than elsewhere in the world. This book looks at the challenges of mental health...

   Published June 20th 2012 by Routledge
7. A Japanese Joint Venture in the Pacific

   Foreign bodies in tinned tuna

   By Kate Barclay

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   The Japanese, and other Asians, are increasingly taking over some of the roles previously played by Europeans in the Pacific islands, which is giving rise to interesting new economic relationships, and interesting new interactions between nationalities. This book considers the role of the Japanese...

   Published June 13th 2012 by Routledge
8. Nationalism, Political Realism and Democracy in Japan

   The thought of Masao Maruyama

   By Fumiko Sasaki

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   Masao Maruyama was the most influential and respected political thinker in post-WWII Japan. He believed that the collective mentality, inherent in the traditional Japanese way of thinking, was a key reason for the defeat in WWII and was convinced that such thought needed to be modernized. In this...

   Published May 28th 2012 by Routledge
9. A New Japan for the Twenty-First Century

   An Inside Overview of Current Fundamental Changes and Problems

   Edited by Rien T. Segers

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   Many people in the West portray Japan as being fixed in its ways, and unable to change, and consequently risking national decline and international loss of prestige. However, in fact, Japan is at present in a significant transition period, comparable to the Meiji Restoration of 1868 or the period...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
10. Japan's Local Newspapers

    Chihoshi and Revitalization Journalism

    By Anthony Rausch

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

    Japan is one of the world’s most literate societies. Its national newspapers are the most read newspapers in the world, and the country also has a very vibrant local newspaper sector. This book assesses the vital role local newspapers play in the development of local communities, as well as...

    Published April 11th 2012 by Routledge