Japanese Influences and Presences in Asia

ISBN-13: 9780700711109 / Twarda / 1999 / 276 str.

Marie Soederberg

Opis

Examines Japanese influences in Asia now and in the near future from a number of perspectives, from street views and the world of popular culture, to global political issues, to questions of regional investment and the cultural and economic aspirations of Chinese students in Japan.

Recenzje

'An extremely diverse exposition of Japan's influences and presences in Asia.' - Hugo Dobson, Asian Affairs

Spis treści

1. Introduction, Marie Söderberg, Ian Reader; Part I Anthropological Perspectives; 2. Commodities, Culture and Japan's Corollanization of Asia, Brian Moeran; 3. Globalization, 'Folk Models' of the World Order and National Identity:, Eyal Ben-Ari; 4. Japanese Manufacturing in Thailand, Mitchell W. Sedgwick; Part II Economics and Investment; 5. Asia as Seen from the Perspective of Japanese General Trading Houses, Marie Söderberg; 6. Shifting Patterns in Japan's Economic Co-operation in East Asia, David Arase; Part III Japanese Political Aspirations; 7. Post-Cold War Changes in Japanese International Identity, Kenn Nakata Steffensen; 8. Japan and the Asia Pacific Region, Jean-Pierre Lehmann; Part IV Asian Aspirations and Attitudes; 9. Will the Sun Ever Shine in South Asia?, Purnendra Jain; ch0010 Malaysia-Japan Relations, Paridah Abd. Samad; 11. Chinese Students in Japan, Paul D. Scott;

O autorze

Reader, Ian; Soederberg, Marie