Globalization of Japan : Japanese Sakoku mentality and U.S. efforts to open Japan / Mayumi Itoh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Itoh, Mayumi, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan--Foreign relations--1868-.

Japan.

International relations.

Japan--Civilization--1868-.

Civilization.

National characteristics, Japanese.

United States--Foreign relations--1865-.

United States.

Physical Description:

224 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.

Summary:

Political scientist Mayumi Itoh examines the various aspects of Japan's resistance to internationalization and shows how the opening up of Japan involves not only the accessibility of Japanese markets to foreign goods, but also the liberalization of the Japanese psyche from a "secluded nation" mentality.

Contents:

Part 1 The Japanese Sakoku Mentality

1 Historical Background 23

2 The Sakoku Mentality and Japanese Perceptions of Kokusaika 35

3 Japanese Perceptions of the United States 47

4 Japanese Perceptions of Asia 67

5 Japanese Perceptions of ASEAN and Japan's Economic Diplomacy 89

Part 2 Japan's Sakoku Policy: Case Studies

6 Japan's Immigration and Foreign Labor Policies 109

7 Okinawa and the Sakoku Mentality 119

8 Kome Kaikoku: Japan's Rice Market Liberalization 133

9 The Japanese Constitution and Military Kokusaikoken 147

10 Japan and the United Nations: Peacekeeping Operations and Permanent Security Council Seat 161

Conclusion: Prospects for Japan's Kokusaika 177.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-215) and index.

ISBN:

0312177089

OCLC:

38030271