The Japanese Power Game: What It Means for America

William J. Holstein

ISBN 10: 0684191768 / ISBN 13: 9780684191768

Published by Scribner, 1990

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0684191768I3N01

Synopsis:

Analyzes the Japanese political power structure and recommends a national strategy for responding to the Japanese economic challenge in the U.S.

Reviews: In this insightful, cautionary, detailed analysis, Business Week staffer Holstein explains how exclusionary cultural and socio-political characteristics make Japan a society "where economic power is paramount." The country's auto and electronic exports to the U.S., factories and supply networks here, as well as large-scale banking and real estate investments are only the beginning of a drive to dominate economically the Pacific Rim and the Americas, according to the author. Yet, he notes, U.S. government and industry have responded to the challenge in an uncoordinated fashion. We must marshall informational, inter-industry, academic and bureaucractic resources, urges Holstein, to counterbalance the Japanese thrust. He offers one consoling surprise: Coca Cola makes more money in Japan that it does in the U.S.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Holstein, an associate editor at Business Week, provides in the manner of numerous other works (e.g., Robert Christopher's The Japanese Mind, LJ 4/15/83) a standard overview of contemporary Japanese culture--stressing particularly major differences from the culture of the West, the place of women and minorities in Japanese society, and an analysis of the Japanese value system. Secondly, and perhaps most interestingly, he conducts a highly insightful discussion of the recent political scandals which have rocked Japan. Holstein also discusses the future of Japanese economic and political development, especially vis-a-vis the United States, and in a final section outlines his views for an American response to the Japanese challenge. Holstein offers an interesting discussion and integration of his topics, and his book can take its place among the spate of other recent studies of contemporary Japan. For general readers.
- Scott Wright, Coll. of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Japanese Power Game: What It Means for ...
Publisher: Scribner
Publication Date: 1990
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket