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Understanding Japan : essays inspired by Frank Langdon

Title
Understanding Japan : essays inspired by Frank Langdon / edited by Lawrence T. Woods.
Publication
Vancouver, B.C. : Centre of International Relations, UBC, [2004]

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Additional Authors
  • Woods, Lawrence Timothy, 1960-
  • University of British Columbia
Description
283 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
Alternative Title
Essays inspired by Frank Langdon
Subject
  • Japan > Foreign relations > 20th century
  • Japan > Politics and government > 1989-
  • Langdon, Frank, 1919-
  • Japan > Relations > Canada
  • Canada > Relations > Japan
Note
  • "October 2004."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction: the teacher, the trilogy, and the treasure / Lawrence T. Woods -- I. Politics in Japan. Japan's dysfunctional democracy: the prime minister / Roger Bowen -- Japan's economic miracle, small government, and the politics of tax cuts / Kohno Masaru -- Central-local government fiscal relationships and regional equalization / David Edgington -- An emerging microregion? the role of nonstate actors in Japan's relations with the Russian Far East / Glenn D. Hook -- II. Japanese foreign policy. International cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region: the Japan National Council of the Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR), 1925-1939 / George M. Oshiro -- Japan's role in Asia / Frank Langdon -- Japan's geopolitical imperatives: a fresh look / Kawasaki Tsuyoshi -- III. Canada-Japan relations. When the trade mission is over: the commercial realities of Canadian business in Japan / Carin Holroyd -- A comparative study of the economic activities by Sogo Shosha in the United States and Canada in the late 1990s / Kurihara Tamiko -- The will to share: the missionary background of Canada's relations with Japan / John F. Howes -- John Nelson and Japan / Lawrence T. Woods -- IV. Frank Langdon and Japan studies at UBC. My friend and colleague, Frank Langdon / John F. Howes -- The development of Japan studies at the University of British Columbia / John F. Howes -- Reminiscence / Ronald Dore -- Frank C. Langdon: publications.
ISBN
  • 0888657625
  • 9780888657626
LCCN
2006378400
OCLC
  • ocm57482836
  • 57482836
  • SCSB-5667462
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries