00000nam a2200000 i 4500 UP-1685675941131398392 Buklod 20230927144926.0 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 230927s2019||||dcu gr b 001 0|eng 9781626166684 (hardcover alk. paper) 20564949 DGU/DLC eng DGU rda DLC eng DS 891 G56 2019 Glosserman, Brad author. Peak Japan the end of great ambitions Brad Glosserman. Washington, DC Georgetown University Press [2019] ©2019 viii, 263 pages 24 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. The unhappy country -- The Lehman shock -- The Seiji shokku -- The Senkaku shokku -- Higashi nihon daishinsai, the great Eastern Japan disaster -- Abe Shinzo's triumphant return -- Peak Japan. The post-Cold War era has been difficult for Japan. A country once heralded for evolving a superior form of capitalism and seemingly ready to surpass the United States as the world's largest economy lost its way in the early 1990s. The bursting of the bubble in 1991 ushered in a period of political and economic uncertainty that has lasted for over two decades. There were hopes that the triple catastrophe of March 11, 2011--a massive earthquake, tsunami, and accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant--would break Japan out of its torpor and spur the country to embrace change that would restart the growth and optimism of the go-go years. But today Japan is still waiting for needed transformation, and Brad Glosserman concludes that the fact that even disaster has not spurred radical enough reform reveals something about Japan's political system. Glosserman explains why Japan will not change, concluding that Japanese horizons are shrinking and that the Japanese public has given up the bold ambitions of previous generations and its current leadership. This is an important insight into contemporary Japan and one that should shape our thinking about this vital country. National security Japan. Japan Economic conditions 1989-. Japan Economic policy 1989-. Japan Foreign relations 1989-. Japan Politics and government 1989-. Online version Glosserman, Brad, author. Peak Japan Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 2019 9781626166707 (DLC) 2018032310. FO UPD DAC DS 891 G56 2019 Book