Japan in the Age of Globalization (Paperback)

Introduction, Carin Holroyd and Ken Coates   Part I The History of Globalization in Japan   1 Pioneers of Globalization: Tokugawa’s Cross-Cultural  Communications, Jay Goulding   2 Mind the Gap: Japanese Corporate Web Sites and the Missing War Years, Jeff Alexander   3 'Kids These Days…':  Globalization and the Shifting Discourse of Childhood in Japan, Dawn Grimes-McClellan   Part II Globalization and the Japanese Economy and Business Environment   4 Restructuring and Returns in Japan 2000-2001, Dick Beason, Ken Gordon, Vikas Mehrotra and Akiko Watanabe   5 An Overview of Corporate Governance Reform in Post-Bubble Japan: Institutional Change and Selective Adaptation, Masao Nakamura   6 Competing in the New Global Economy: Exploring the Roots of Japanese Scientific and Technological Innovation, Ken Coates and Carin Holroyd   Part III Cool Japan and the Global Age   7 Soft Power and the Globalization of Japanese Popular Culture, William Tsutsui   8 Wakon-Yosai and Globalization, Norio Ota   9 Caught in a ‘Restless Dream:’ Contemporary Japanese Women Writers and the Era of Globalization, Janice Brown   Part IV Globalization and Japan’s Place in the World   10 Japan and the Cold War Frontiers in East Asia in the Era of Globalization, Kimie Hara   11 National Mobilization and Global Engagement: Understanding Japan’s Response to Global Climate Change Initiatives, Carin Holroyd   12 Conclusion:  Japan and 21st Century Globalization, Carin Holroyd and Ken Coates