Japanese Politics Books

New and Published Books

1. 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
2. Business-Government Relations in Prewar Japan

   By Peter von Staden

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   For the business and government relationship in Japan, the pre-war period was an era of considerable change. Framed by Japan’s nation-building efforts, the relationship adapted and evolved with the often fluid economic and political circumstances. As both business and government had vested...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. Human Security in East Asia

   Challenges for Collaborative Action

   Edited by Sorpong Peou

   Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

   Since the end of the Cold War the number of interstate wars has remained relatively low, although whilst states may be more secure than ever this does not mean that individual human beings are too. This has led to a growing recognition of the importance of human security, in contrast to the...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. 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 May 14th 2012 by Routledge
5. 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
6. The International History of East Asia, 1900–1968

   Trade, Ideology and the Quest for Order

   Edited by Antony Best

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   This book provides a broad account of the international history of East Asia from 1900 to 1968 - a subject that is essential to any understanding of the modern epoch. Whereas much of the scholarship on this subject has focused purely on the immediate origins and consequences of violent events such...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
7. Institutional Change in Japan

   Edited by Magnus Blomström, Sumner La Croix

   Series: European Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian Economics and Business Series

   This is a new analysis of recent changes in important Japanese institutions. It addresses the origin, development, and recent adaptation of core institutions, including financial institutions, corporate governance, lifetime employment, and the amakudari system. After four decades of rapid...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
8. Superhuman Japan

   Knowledge, Nation and Culture in US-Japan Relations

   By Marie Thorsten

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   This book examines the imaginative narratives that shaped the attitudes of Americans (and others) toward Japan. Focusing on cultural aspects of economic nationalism and US-Japan relations during the trade war Marie Thorsten uses examples from public discourse, film, documentaries, novels, acts of...

   Published March 12th 2012 by Routledge
9. Natural Disaster and Nuclear Crisis in Japan

   Response and Recovery after Japan's 3/11

   Edited by Jeff Kingston

   Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

   The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan plunged the country into a state of crisis. As the nation struggled to recover from a record breaking magnitude 9 earthquake and a tsunami that was as high as thirty-eight meters in some places, news trickled out that Fukushima had experienced...

   Published March 4th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Politics of Structural Education Reform

    By Keith A. Nitta

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    Education policymaking is traditionally seen as a domestic political process. The job of deciding where students will be educated, what they will be taught, who will teach them, and how it will be paid for clearly rests with some mix of district, state, and national policymakers. This book seeks to...

    Published February 23rd 2012 by Routledge