The Japan That Can Say No

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Business/Economics/Current Affairs
Rarely has a foreign publication created a storm of controversy such as the
one stirred up by The Japan That Can Say No, a million-copy bestseller in
Japan. Now, at last, the American public can read what leading Japanese
statesman Shintaro Ishihara really said about Japan's new role as a major
world power and its potential repercussions for the United States—exactly
as written in the Japanese edition.
Ishihara asserts that as Japan moves toward economic and technological
supremacy it will no longer be content to play second fiddle to the United
States. His views embody two powerful trends in Japan today—an increas-
ing national pride and self-confidence, and a growing dismay at what many
Japanese consider foreign "misunderstanding" of their country.
"A powerful polemic [Ishihara] seems to have his finger on the pulse
of Japanese public opinion A powerful reminder that neither the
U.S. nor Japan can take its relationship for... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Business/Economics/Current Affairs
Rarely has a foreign publication created a storm of controversy such as the
one stirred up by The Japan That Can Say No, a million-copy bestseller in
Japan. Now, at last, the American public can read what leading Japanese
statesman Shintaro Ishihara really said about Japan's new role as a major
world power and its potential repercussions for the United States—exactly
as written in the Japanese edition.
Ishihara asserts that as Japan moves toward economic and technological
supremacy it will no longer be content to play second fiddle to the United
States. His views embody two powerful trends in Japan today—an increas-
ing national pride and self-confidence, and a growing dismay at what many
Japanese consider foreign "misunderstanding" of their country.
"A powerful polemic [Ishihara] seems to have his finger on the pulse
of Japanese public opinion A powerful reminder that neither the
U.S. nor Japan can take its relationship for granted."
—Chicago Tribune
"A significant volume One can gain a lot in reading and pondering its
message and manner There is no doubt that powerful emotions,
bordering on true hatred, are seething in Japanese-American relations
under the surface of alliance and cooperation."
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
*%An indispensable piece of intelligence."
—L. William Seidman,
Chairman, F.D.I.C., and author
of Productivity
A longtime member of the Japanese Diet and a leading figure in Japan's
Liberal Democratic Party, SfflNTARO ISfflHARA has for years been among
Japan's most popular and outspoken politicians. He is the award-winning
author of several literary novels. Vissza