Routledge Library Editions: Japan
About the Book Series
Routledge Library Editions: Japan brings together a century's worth of publishing and provides a comprehensive collection of volumes which chart the literature, history, economics, politics & sociology of this fascinating country.
An Essay on the Civilisations of India, China and Japan
1st Edition
By G. Lowes Dickinson
February 27, 2013
This volume presents an account of the author’s travels during 1912-13 making particular note of the characteristics of Indian, Chinese and Japanese societies and the effect upon them of contact with the West. Although inevitably dated in some of its views, the volume nonetheless provides an ...
Japan Under Taisho Tenno: 1912-1926
1st Edition
By A Young
February 27, 2013
A journalist on the Japan Chronicle for eleven years this volume examines the history, economy, politics and society of Japan from just before the First World War until 1926. Japan’s relations with the West, as well as with Russia and China are also discussed. ...
Japan and a New World Economic Order
1st Edition
By Kyoshi Kojima
February 27, 2013
President Nixon’s new economic policy of August 1971, aggravated by the oil problem since October 1973 caused chaos and uncertainty in the international trade and currency system. There were fears of another 1930s style depression. In addition, a world food shortage and strident claims by ...
Japan's Accession to the Comity of Nations
1st Edition
By Alexander von Siebold
February 27, 2013
This volume is based upon personal observations and recollections of the author extending over six different periods of residence in Japan between 1859 and 1877. It examines how the focus of the West towards Japan changed, as Japan became a dominant force in the political arena of the Far East when...
Japan's Economic Aid: Policy Making and Politics
1st Edition
By Alan Rix
February 27, 2013
Japan’s arrival since World War Two as a major industrial nation has meant that she has had to bear a greater share of the developed world’s contribution to the developing nations and foreign aid has become an integral part of foreign policy. This book describes the roots of Japan’s aid policy and ...
Japan's Foreign Aid Challenge
1st Edition
By Alan Rix
February 27, 2013
When this volume was published in 1993 it was the first comprehensive analysis of the major policy issues confronting Japan’s massive foreign aid programme. It deals with the philosophy behind Japan’s aid, Japanese reactions to the severe criticisms of its programmes and the beginnings of ...
Japanese Participation in British Industry
1st Edition
By John Dunning
February 27, 2013
Japanese participation in British industry has increased greatly in recent years. While the new investment is welcomed for the jobs it helps create and the injection of new technology and managerial techniques, many people are fearful lest this increased participation should lead to loss of control...
Japanese Whaling?: End of an Era
1st Edition
By Arne Kalland, Brian Moeran
February 27, 2013
This book gives a social anthropological account of whaling culture in Japan. When originally published this was the first comprehensive account in English of the history of Japanese whaling, showing how it has given rise to a particular culture. The volume discusses what happens when that culture ...
Japanese-Style Management Transferred: The Experience of East Asia
1st Edition
By K Fukuda
February 27, 2013
Japan’s rapid rise to economic super-power status has led to a worldwide interest in and attempts to emulate Japanese management practices. This book, based on extensive original research, considers both the opportunities and problems of the transfer of Japanese management practices to other areas ...
Language and Popular Culture in Japan
1st Edition
By Brian Moeran
February 27, 2013
When this book was originally published it was the first work of its kind to examine the way in which language is used to express the ‘myth’ of advertising slogans and other popular cultural forms. By making use of general theories from the disciplines of anthropology, linguistics, media studies ...
Industrial Collaboration with Japan
1st Edition
By Louis Turner
February 14, 2013
This study looks at the experiences of European and American companies that have collaborated with their Japanese competitors in the fields of computers, consumer electronics, automobiles and aero-engines, by forming joint ventures, designing products together and pursuing complementary marketing ...
Industrial Training and Technological Innovation: A Comparative and Historical Study
1st Edition
Edited
By Howard Gospel
February 14, 2013
Taking an international and comparative perspective, this book focuses on the relationship between industrial training and technological change in three major global economies – the UK, USA and Japan. The contributors, an international group of leading researchers, look at the origins and ...