Highly readable yet deeply researched, this book serves as an essential guide to the many ways in which Japan has risen to become one of the world's most creative and innovative societies.
During its so-called Lost Decades, Japan has quietly reinvented itself from a nation with an economy playing catch-up into a global leader in innovation and creativity, one whose "soft power" extends from postmodern architecture to pluripotent stem cells.
Written by a dozen experts in their fields, including architect Kengo Kuma, designer of Tokyo's 2020 Olympic stadium, this book describes Japan's contributions to the world in fields ranging from fashion and pop culture to development aid and historical reconciliation. In addition, it demonstrates how Japan has led efforts to contend with several social and economic challenges facing the entire developed world, including demographic aging, rising health-care costs, and wasteful consumption. Using these accomplishments as evidence, it argues that, in an era of questions surrounding the capability of American leadership, the time has come for Japan to step into a new role as a purveyor of models and values better suited to today's multipolar and diverse world.
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Preface
Yoichi Funabashi
Introduction: What Can Japan Offer the World?
Lully Miura
Part One Galapagos Incubator
Chapter 1 A Soft Superpower: The Pivot from Manufacturing to Pop Culture
Matt Alt
Chapter 2 Dominating the Pritzkers: Japan's Emergence as a Leader in Design
Kengo Kuma and Dana Buntrock
Chapter 3 Asia's Rediscovery of Japan: The Boom in Inbound Tourism
Fumiko Kato
Part Two Outliers and Pioneers
Chapter 4 Departing from Silicon Valley: Japan's New Startup Ecosystem
Kenji E. Kushida
Chapter 5 A Nation of Centenarians: Japan's Revolution in Health and Wellness
Yoshiki Ishikawa
Chapter 6 Pursuing Nobels: Japan's Emergence as a Global Leader in Science
David Cyranoski
Chapter 7 Deciphering Japan: China's Fascination with Its Neighbor
Mao Danqing
Part Three Global Contributor
Chapter 8 Lessons of Tohoku: The Sources of Japan's Resilience to Disaster
Daniel P. Aldrich
Chapter 9 Bridges Make Good Neighbors: Building Soft Power with ODA
Hiromi Inami
Chapter 10 Japan's Strategic Position: Global Civilian Power 2.0
Yuichi Hosoya
Chapter 11 Obama in Hiroshima: A Model for Historical Reconciliation?
Jennifer Lind
Conclusion: Japan's Frontiers Are Global Frontiers
Yoichi Funabashi
About the Editors and Contributors
Index
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A theme is that Japan has been a sort of Galapagos, somewhat isolated from the world, with advantages and problems stemming from this. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.
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“Martin Fackler, Yoichi Funabashi, and their colleagues lead us through a searching exploration of Japan’s many strengths and accomplishments—often unrecognized—and its lurking potential for future greatness. From basic science to anime and popular culture, together with innovations in human security, sustainable development, and social resiliency, Japan is on the cutting edge. Reinventing Japan provides the most compelling and eloquent statement yet about what Japan has to offer the world—and why, now more than ever, the world needs Japan.”
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Highly readable yet deeply researched, this book serves as an essential guide to the many ways in which Japan has risen to become one of the world's most creative and innovative societies.
Challenges conventional views of Japan as mired in two unproductive "lost decades" by documenting the myriad ways in which the nation has embraced creativity and innovation
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781440862861
Publisert
2018-03-14
Utgiver
Vendor
Praeger Publishers Inc
Vekt
652 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
280