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. |
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... concerned , for example , high - school pupils learn to pass exams consisting only of multiple - choice questions , put together by professors who themselves are uncomfortable with the real language . The tests often contain ambiguities ...
... concerned , for example , high - school pupils learn to pass exams consisting only of multiple - choice questions , put together by professors who themselves are uncomfortable with the real language . The tests often contain ambiguities ...
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... concerned about possible political obstruction in a case they have decided to pursue , they will leak the fact that they are investigating it , together with the minimal amount of information the newspapers need to unveil the impending ...
... concerned about possible political obstruction in a case they have decided to pursue , they will leak the fact that they are investigating it , together with the minimal amount of information the newspapers need to unveil the impending ...
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... concerned should not do rather than what they should do . 36 One of Japan's best - known students of the bureaucracy sees the ringi system not as a product of the pseudo - family relations in Japanese administrative institutions , but ...
... concerned should not do rather than what they should do . 36 One of Japan's best - known students of the bureaucracy sees the ringi system not as a product of the pseudo - family relations in Japanese administrative institutions , but ...
Contents
The Japan Problem | 1 |
The neglected role of power | 17 |
The Elusive State | 25 |
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