A japan that can say no
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Regarding the March 9 article “Shinginko loan defaults hit 28.5 billion“: There’s more than a hint of irony in the name of the failed bank, the creation of which Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara virtually forced Tokyo taxpayers to cough up for. Show Just as the author of the “Japan That Can Say ‘No’ ” wondered, we are left wondering if anyone in Japan will ever be able to say “no” to Ishihara himself. He is now blaming everyone else involved except himself, yet he was ultimately responsible both for the bank’s foundation and corrupt business practices. After frittering away a cool ¥100 billion of public money, he is now demanding an extra ¥40 billion. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever. SUBSCRIBE NOW Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 March 2011 Ivan P. HallAffiliation: Gakushuin University
AbstractAn abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content. Type Book Reviews—JapanCopyright Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1990 Access optionsGet access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.) To read the full version of this content please select one of the options below:A note commenting on the recent book, The Japan That Can Say “No”, written by Akio Morita and Shintaro Ishihara. The authors provide their own translation, interpretation and reactions to the unusual views expressed in a book not intended for the US
market which generated an acrimonious US response. Notes the problems arising from a “loose” translation and the usefulness of airing hostile opinion. The book′s main thrust seems to be that saying “No” may improve understanding and co‐operation between two nations when economics are inextricably linked. Lazer, W. and Yamanouchi Rynn, M. (1991), "The Japan That Can Say ″No″ Revisited", International Marketing
Review, Vol. 8 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000001544 MCB UP Ltd Copyright © 1991, MCB UP Limited Related articlesShintaro Ishihara. Simon & Schuster, $18.45 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-671-72686-7In this brief, arresting and abrasively frank work, Japan Diet member and novelist Ishihara plumbs the causes of friction between his country and the U.S. Claiming that dropping the A-bomb on Japan rather than on Germany conveyed American racism, he warns that nuclear superiority will go to the superpower that acquires a microchip made only in Japan. And while conceding Japanese deficiencies--poor self-image, staunch clannishness--the author contends that U.S. trade deficits are due to a pursuit of immediate profits at the expense of long-range economic planning such as that practiced in his country. Calling for changed attitudes on both sides, Ishihara proposes a detailed agenda of ``drastic steps'' on the part of the U.S. to restore its world competitiveness and to foster an equal partnership with Japan--which he deems essential to both nations as a factor in post-Cold War global realignments. $75,000 ad/promo. (Jan.) Details Reviewed on: 01/01/1991 Genre: Nonfiction On this page is a copy of an English translation of the (in)famous "The Japan That Can Say No: The New U.S.-Japan Relations Card" by Akio Morita and Shintaro Ishihara. The book was written in 1989 and published by Kobunsha Publishing Ltd. Included are some articles written in the early 1990s in response to the article.
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NB: These documents date from years ago, and the email addresses, etc. will probably not work. Andrew Jennings is now a professor at RMIT University. |
