1. Is Japan Changing? / Malcolm Trevor --; 2. The Government-Industry Relationship in Japan: What the History of the Electric Power Industry Teaches Us / Takeo Kikkawa --; 3. Buyer-Seller Interaction and Relationship Development in the Japanese Business Market / Sam Dzever --; 4. Restructuring a la Japonaise: Supplier Relationships in the Japanese Car Industry in the 1990s / Arne Holzhausen --; 5. Japan's Financial Reform / Kurt Gorger --; 6. Modes of Employment in Japan / Michio Nitta --; 7. Recent Arguments on Corporate Governance in Japan / Kazuo Shibagaki --; 8. Foreign Capital and the Recent M & A Environment in Japan / Shinobu Muramatsu.
Japan's deepest recession since the Second World War has come to an end in 2000. Yet, the task of reforming Japan is far from completed. The current political drift has brought deregulation to a premature end putting the still vulnerable recovery at risk. What structural changes have already taken place? What important reforms have to be undertaken in the future? The contributions of the book shed light on the transitional path of the Japanese system amid rapid globalization. Can Japan Globalize? covers a broad range of areas from macro- and micro-economic structures to political and social relations.