Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

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1. Japan's Interventionist State

   The Role of the MAFF

   By Aurelia George-Mulgan

   Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

   Japan's Interventionist State gives a detailed examination of Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and its role in promoting, protecting and preserving the regime of agricultural support and protection. This account is integral to the author's extended and multidimensional...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. The Race to Commercialize Biotechnology

   Molecules, Market and the State in Japan and the US

   By Steven Collins

   Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

   This comparative study looks at the early development of biotechnology in the US and Japan. Drawing on primary and secondary sources it traces the historical roots of recombinant DNA technology, discusses the tensions between regulation and promotional policies and identifies the major actors and...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. Japan's Emerging Youth Policy

   Getting Young Adults Back to Work

   By Tuukka Toivonen

   Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

   From the 1960s onwards, Japan’s rapid economic growth coincided with remarkably smooth transitions from school to work and with internationally low levels of youth unemployment. However, this changed dramatically in the 1990s, and by the 2000s, youth employment came to be recognized as a serious...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Changing Japanese Political System

   The Liberal Democratic Party and the Ministry of Finance

   By Harumi Hori

   Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

   Japan’s political stability was shattered after the general election of July 1993 when the conservative Liberal Democratic Party’s thirty-eight year domination ended in defeat. This book examines the impact the 1993 general election had on Japanese politics. Although the LDP regained the position...

   Published November 1st 2012 by Routledge
5. Japan's Sea Lane Security

   A Matter of Life and Death?

   By Euan Graham

   Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

   This is the first major English-language study to explore the broad and longstanding connections between Japan’s national security and the safety of its sea lanes. Tracing issues from pre-and post-1945 eras, the book explores how Japan’s concerns with sea lane protection have developed across such...

   Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Organisational Dynamics of University Reform in Japan

   International Inside Out

   By Jeremy Breaden

   Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

   For several decades internationalisation has been a cornerstone of both Japanese government higher education policy and approaches to reform at an institutional level, but Japan has still not managed to lose its reputation as a somewhat reclusive member of the global academic community. Consensus...

   Published September 7th 2012 by Routledge
7. Institutions, Incentives and Electoral Participation in Japan

   Cross-Level and Cross-National Perspectives

   By Yusaku Horiuchi

   Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

   American and European political scientists have claimed that subnational elections almost always record lower voter turnout than national elections. In Japan, however, municipal elections often record considerably higher turnout than national elections, particularly in small towns and villages....

   Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge
8. Cold War Frontiers in the Asia-Pacific

   Divided Territories in the San Francisco System

   By Kimie Hara

   Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

   After World War II, many regional conflicts emerged in the Asia-Pacific, such as the divided Korean peninsula, the Cross-Taiwan Strait, the ‘Northern Territories’, (Southern Kuriles) Takeshima (Dokdo), Senkaku (Diaoyu) and the Spratly (Nansha) islands problems. These and other disputes, such as the...

   Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge
9. Understanding Japanese Society

   4th Edition

   By Joy Hendry

   Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

   With the ever growing contact between Japan and the rest of the world comes an increasingly important need to understand a society that is fascinating but still often confusing to the outsider. In this brand new fourth edition of Understanding Japanese Society Joy Hendry brings the reader up to...

   Published June 27th 2012 by Routledge
10. Urban Spaces in Japan

    Cultural and Social Perspectives

    Edited by Christoph Brumann, Evelyn Schulz

    Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

    Urban Spaces in Japan explores the workings of power, money and the public interest in the planning and design of Japanese space. Through a set of vivid case studies of well-known Japanese cities including Tokyo, Kobe, and Kyoto, this book examines the potential of civil society in contemporary...

    Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge