03168nam a2200433 a 4500 ebr10481540 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080910s2009 enk sb 001 0 eng d 2008039152 9781843313113 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1843313111 (hardcover : alk. paper) 184331326X 9781843313267 9780857286857 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)741614160 a-ja--- HC462.95 .H34 2009eb 330.951 22 Haffner, John. Japan's open future [electronic resource] : an agenda for global citizenship / John Haffner, Tomas Casas I Klett, and Jean-Pierre Lehmann. London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2009. xiii, 320 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. Facing history : getting past the nation-state -- Global communication : a matter of heart -- Escaping mercantilism : from free-rider to driver -- Embracing business risk : entrepreneurs and kaisha reborn -- Open politics : unleashing civil society -- Geopolitics : a global citizen. For many decades Japan enjoyed great success with its export oriented economy and the outsourcing of its foreign policy to the United States under the US security umbrella. Its role in the world was simple, and times were good. But times have changed. With the end of the Cold War, a shrinking domestic population, global instabilities after 9/11, the financial crisis, and other seismic shifts, Japan now faces a more complicated world. In this groundbreaking and provocative discussion, three foreigners who have lived and worked in Japan, a Canadian, a Frenchman and a Spaniard, argue that Japan has much to gain by pursuing a more engaged, outward-looking, multilateral posture in its region and globally. While the country will continue to enjoy good relations with the West, the time has come for Japan to embrace its Asian heritage and future, as well as its own potential contribution to world affairs. A globally engaged, more open Japan, the authors argue, is win win win: good for Japan, good for Asia, and good for the world. If Japan is truly to become a global citizen, however, it must not only reach out more to the world, it must also admit more of the world, new ideas, people, and capital from afar, on its own soil. But is Japan, are Japanese, prepared to do so?. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. National characteristics, Japanese. Globalization Japan. Japan Economic conditions 1989- Japan Commerce. Electronic books. local Casas i Klett, Tomas. Lehmann, Jean-Pierre, 1945- ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10481540 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 222097 222097