United States-Japanese Relations : The 1970's / Priscilla Clapp, Morton H. Halperin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clapp, Priscilla, editor.

Halperin, Morton H., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan--Relations--United States.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General.

United States--Relations--Japan.

Local Subjects:

Japan--Relations--United States.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General.

United States--Relations--Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This is clearly a time of significant transition in Japanese-American relations," Edwin O. Reischauer writes in his introduction to this timely and important book. "Are the prospects as alarming as some would argue, or is there more reason for hope?" In the penetrating essays that form this volume, the flashpoints for trouble are exposed so that we can understand the causes for the "great uneasiness" in American-Japanese relations:increasing economic rivalry, the emergence of a multipolar world, America's new interest in better relations with China and Russia, Japanese economic decline, and projected Japanese political instability. It would be easier to deal with these problems if American and Japanese cultural and political styles were similar. But they are not, and the resulting lack of communication and response is a serious handicap to solving mutual problems. In their diplomatic relations the Japanese try to avoid political confrontation and prefer to negotiate by indirection. Then, too, American images of Japan are skewed by layers of government and bureaucracy. Finally, Japanese consensus politics leads to immobility when Americans want action. The writers, in pointing out these differences, indicate how confusing all this is to U.S. policymakers. Despite these obstacles to friendship and understanding, a "cautious optimism" about the future pervades this book. The distinguished authors suggest a variety of ways to improve relations.Japan could and should take on more responsibility for Eastern stability and economic viability. In turn, the United States ought to recognize Japan as a major power with a large stake in Asia and to stress the complementarity of their economies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

1. Introduction: An Overview / Reischauer, Edwin O.

2. Political Immobility and the Uncertain Future / Kosaka, Masataka

3. U.S. Domestic Politics and Relations with Japan / Clapp, Priscilla

4. Future U.S.-Japanese Economic Relations / Kanamori, Hisao

5. Japan and the United States: Notes from the Devil's Advocate / Rosovsky, Henry

6. Asian Economic Growth: The Influence of the United States and Japan / Perkins, Dwight H.

7. Summit Talks in Retrospect / Kamiya, Fuji

8. The Normalization of Sino-Japanese Relations / Ishikawa, Tadao

9.Japan and China: Competitors in a Multipolar World? / Hellmann, Donald C.

10. Japan's Security in a Multipolar World / Saeki, Kiichi

11. U. S.-Japanese Security Relations / Halperin, Morton H.

Notes

Contributors

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-41905-7

OCLC:

1013962875