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 inside the book
Results 1-3 of 87
Page 86
... schools considered better than average – and the evaluation of schools in such terms is almost a national pastime - pupils spend most of their time training to pass exams . The name schools have the best idea of what will be asked in ...
... schools considered better than average – and the evaluation of schools in such terms is almost a national pastime - pupils spend most of their time training to pass exams . The name schools have the best idea of what will be asked in ...
Page 91
... schools . For several months in 1983 newspapers were full of stories of teachers being attacked by their pupils . Some teachers were ambushed by vengeful students after their graduation . Others had school lunches or scissors thrown in ...
... schools . For several months in 1983 newspapers were full of stories of teachers being attacked by their pupils . Some teachers were ambushed by vengeful students after their graduation . Others had school lunches or scissors thrown in ...
Page 92
... schools and high schools , which Nikkyoso attributes to the inability of pupils to maintain the pace and to the recently introduced ranking system , has caused many schools to react by tightening the rules . School regulations have ...
... schools and high schools , which Nikkyoso attributes to the inability of pupils to maintain the pace and to the recently introduced ranking system , has caused many schools to react by tightening the rules . School regulations have ...
Contents
The Japan Problem | 1 |
The neglected role of power | 17 |
The Elusive State | 25 |
Copyright | |
17 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
administrators Agency amakudari Asahi Asahi Shimbun associations banks become behaviour believe Buddhism burakumin cabinet cent century Chapter Chinese Chuo Koron companies conflict corporations court culture Dentsu DIEGO Diet members economic élite emperor established federations firms force foreign formal groups habatsu hierarchy Ibid ideas ideology imperial important individual industrial institutions intellectual Japan Japanese Japanese political Japanese society jinmyaku kanryo Keidanren keiretsu Keizai labour LDP politicians major Meiji oligarchy Meiji period military Ministry of Finance MITI moral Naimusho Nakasone Nakasone Yasuhiro newspapers Nihon nihonjinron Nikkyoso nokyo officials organisation parties police post-war power-holders pre-war prime minister problem prosecutors reality relations relationship religion role rules salaryman scandal schools Shimbun Shinto shogunate social socio-political Sohyo sokaiya Tanaka Tanaka Kakuei theory tion Tokugawa Tokyo trade tradition unions University Press wartime Western yakuza Yamaguchi-gumi zoku