This book aims to discredit the myth that has the `unique cultural traits' of the Japanese as the key to the country's success, arguing that the more realisable

This book studies the industrial development of Japan since the mid-nineteenth century, with particular emphasis on how the various industries built technologic

A detailed examination of the industrial development of Japan since the Meiji Restoration.

The sixth and final volume in the series published for the Conference on Modern Japan reviews the political, economic and foreign policy problems faced by Japan