Postwar Japan

Growth, Security, and Uncertainty since 1945

Edited by Michael J. Green, Zack Cooper

Publication date:

10 February 2017

Length of book:

240 pages

Publisher

Center for Strategic & International Studies

Dimensions:

224x145mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781442279735

Japanese security, economic, institutional, and developmental policies have undergone a remarkable evolution in the 70 years since the end of World War II. In this volume, distinguished Japanese scholars reflect on the evolution of these policies and draw lessons for the coming decades. The pillars of Japan’s reentry into the international community since 1945 remain no less important seven decades later as Japan’s economy and society enter the next phase of maturity. The authors demonstrate the continuing viability of Japan’s postwar strategic choices, as well as the inevitability of adaptation to challenging new circumstances. This book will be of interest to historians of U.S.-Japan relations and policy makers seeking to place today’s policy issues in a historical context.

Contributions by Akiko Imai, Akiko Fukushima, Jun Saito, Kazuya Sakamoto, Yoshihide Soeya, and Yoko Takeda
Marvellously accessible and digestible edited volume on Japan’s economic and security developments.... [T]he book is a good read.