Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Work and Pay in Japan Work and Pay in Japan Robert A Hart This book provides a comprehensive overview of Japanese labour market institutions and practices with respect to employment issues and labour payments. It contains extensive discussion of the effects… OL15183726W
Japan's policy trap Japan's policy trap Akio Mikuni "Until quite recently, the Japanese inspired a kind of puzzled awe. They had pulled themselves together from the ruin of war, built at breakneck speed a formidable array of export champions, and emer… OL16948406W
Changing Japanese business, economy and society Changing Japanese business, economy and society Nakamura, Masao Ph. D. "Despite a deep recession following the burst of a financial bubble in 1990, the Japanese economy is still the one of the largest in the world and has maintained the value of it currency. Can Japan u… OL18505235W
Reviving Japan's economy Reviving Japan's economy Hugh Patrick,David E. Weinstein,Takatoshi Itō xv, 425 pages : 24 cm OL18937085W
Comparing economic systems Comparing economic systems Hiroshi Yoshikawa,Andrea Boltho,Alessandro Vercelli xviii, 250 p. 22 cm OL19563143W
Dogs and Demons Dogs and Demons Alex Kerr "In an ancient tale, a Chinese emperor asks his court painter about the easiest and most difficult subjects to paint. The painter replies, "Dogs are difficult, demons are easy." To Alex Kerr, a longt… OL2511387W
Japan since 1980 Japan since 1980 Thomas F. Cargill An analysis of the performance of Japan's economic and political institutions from late 1970s to 2007. The authors explain how Japan's flawed response to new economic, political, and technological fo… OL2628393W
Blindside Blindside Eamonn Fingleton x, 406 pages ; 24 cm OL3523453W
The City as Subject The City as Subject Jeffrey E. Hanes "In exploring the career of Seki Hajime (1873-1935), who served as mayor of Japan's second-largest city, Osaka, Jeffrey E. Hanes traces the roots of social progressivism in prewar Japan. Seki, traine… OL8303775W
Bankrupting the Enemy Bankrupting the Enemy Edward S. Miller Award-winning author Edward S. Miller contends in this new work that the United States forced Japan into international bankruptcy to deter its aggression. While researching newly declassified records… OL8979190W