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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Page 279
... example of putting individual convictions above the interests of the state . Nichiren taught that belief in the transcendental truth of the Lotus Sutra , accompanied by chanting of its ' sacred name ' , was necessary to save the souls ...
... example of putting individual convictions above the interests of the state . Nichiren taught that belief in the transcendental truth of the Lotus Sutra , accompanied by chanting of its ' sacred name ' , was necessary to save the souls ...
Page 367
... example of this was their clamping down on new religious sects . The bureaucrats were not worried about their teach- ings , which did not strike at any vulnerable spots in the body politic . The trouble was that these sects proliferated ...
... example of this was their clamping down on new religious sects . The bureaucrats were not worried about their teach- ings , which did not strike at any vulnerable spots in the body politic . The trouble was that these sects proliferated ...
Page 466
... examples , see Willy Stern , ' Japan's ' free traders " boy- cott Israel ' , Tokyo Business Today , November 1987 , pp . 26-8 . 46 A good example can be found in Clyde Prestowitz , Trading Places , Basic Books , 1988 , p . 161 . 47 ...
... examples , see Willy Stern , ' Japan's ' free traders " boy- cott Israel ' , Tokyo Business Today , November 1987 , pp . 26-8 . 46 A good example can be found in Clyde Prestowitz , Trading Places , Basic Books , 1988 , p . 161 . 47 ...
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The Elusive State | 25 |
An Inescapable Embrace | 50 |
Servants of the System | 82 |
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