Modern Japan: A Very Short Introduction

by Christopher Goto-Jones

Japan is arguably today's most successful industrial economy, combining almost unprecedented affluence with social stability and apparent harmony. Japanese goods and cultural products--from animated movies and computer games to cars, semiconductors, and management techniques--are consumed around the world. In many ways, Japan is an icon of the modern world, and yet it remains something of an enigma to many, who see it as a confusing montage of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007S7JBSA
• ISBN13: 9780199235698
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 4.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.4" x 6.9"