The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless NationA full-scale examination of the inner workings of Japan's political and industrial system. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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The sarakin are only one example ; others include the juku crammer schools ,
doctors who overprescribe medicine and the koenkai that help elect LDP
politicians . Racketeering is also rife in Japan ' s real - estate business and
stockmarkets .
The sarakin are only one example ; others include the juku crammer schools ,
doctors who overprescribe medicine and the koenkai that help elect LDP
politicians . Racketeering is also rife in Japan ' s real - estate business and
stockmarkets .
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A classic pre - war example of this was their clamping down on new religious
sects . The bureaucrats were not worried about their teachings , which did not
strike at any vulnerable spots in the body politic . The trouble was that these sects
...
A classic pre - war example of this was their clamping down on new religious
sects . The bureaucrats were not worried about their teachings , which did not
strike at any vulnerable spots in the body politic . The trouble was that these sects
...
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For these and other examples , see Willy Stern , Japan ' s ' free traders ” boy . cott
Israel ' , Tokyo Business Today , November 1987 , pp . 26 – 8 . A good example
can be found in Clyde Prestowitz , Trading Places , Basic Books , 1988 , p . 161 .
For these and other examples , see Willy Stern , Japan ' s ' free traders ” boy . cott
Israel ' , Tokyo Business Today , November 1987 , pp . 26 – 8 . A good example
can be found in Clyde Prestowitz , Trading Places , Basic Books , 1988 , p . 161 .
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Contents
The Elusive State | 25 |
An Inescapable Embrace | 50 |
Servants of the System | 82 |
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| Title | The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless Nation A Borzoi book |
| Author | Karel Van Wolferen |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | A.A. Knopf, 1989 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2010 |
| ISBN | 0394577965, 9780394577968 |
| Length | 496 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / International / General Political Science / International Relations / General |
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