Books in the Bloomsbury Academic Collections: Japan series

This is a specialized study of the organization,ideology and activities of the Japanese Special Higherpolice, the Tokk├┤, notorious in pre-war and wartime years for its harassment of opponents of the government. Within a comparative framework, this book explains the elements of Tokk├┤ brutality and abuses of authority, analyses police traditions and looks at the Tokk├┤''s interactions with other Japanese institutions and the broader sociopolitical climate. Sources include confidential Tokk├┤ documents and interviews with former Tokk├┤ officials.First published in 1990, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.

The spotlight is on the 1992 programme for the creation of a single European market and its consequences for the relationship between Japan and Europe. Drawing on an impressively wide range of data, the author carefully examines the agenda for adjustment.First published in 1990, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.

The issue of how to achieve value for money from government-funded R&D has over recent years become increasingly important in all industrial nations. The findings of a study which surveys the methods and techniques used to evaluate applied research in Japan are presented. Their analysis determines what lessons can be learned from the approaches to evaluation employed in the main Japanese mission-oriented agencies, in particular MITI and the Science and Technology Agency.First published in 1988, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.

The first authoritative study of Japan''s environmental problems by the acclaimed environmental economist, placing environmental issues within a socioeconomic context. In providing an historical account of environmental disruption in Japan, the author takes a number of key cases of industrial pollution in the pre-war and post-war periods and illustrates the effectiveness of taking into account socioeconomic affairs. Finally, he proposes a set of concrete countermeasures against environmental problems, applicable to all developed countries today, aimed at achieving a new ''quality of life''.First published in 2000, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.

Based on bank and official archives, this book focuses on Japan''s financial activities abroad - in particular, Japan''s borrowings. This is the story of Japan''s success: a "doubtful" borrower in the 1870s, it became respected after the Russo-Japan war. This study also highlights the mechanism of loan issues on the international capital markets.First published in 1994, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.

An analysis of Japan''s industrialization in an international historical and economic perspective, from the time that her ports were first opened to foreign trade. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Wales has one of the highest concentrations of Japanese manufacturing investment in Europe. It provides a case study for examining the economic and social impact of this investment, which is often perceived as being very different from existing foreign investment. The book evaluates this case study, looking at the attraction of Japanese capital to Wales, its impact on the Welsh economy, upon employment, management practice, industrial relations, the community, and upon the Japanese themselves.First published in 1993, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.

Professor Ronald Dore examines how, despite the Japanese ''flagrantly flouting all received principles of capitalist rationality'', they are able to adjust so successfully to the challenge of shifting world economic conditions.First published in 1986, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.

An account of motives and motivations behind Japan''s accomplishments, this work emphasizes the role of a Confucian impetus.First published in 1987, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.

This account of the Japanese Shipping Industry treats both the shipping lines and the shipbuilding industry, focusing principally upon the economic developments, following the growth and boom of the 1950s and 60s. The perspective is wide-ranging and the authors relate Japanese shipping not only to the national economy and that of SE Asia but to the world shipping industry as a whole.First published in 1990, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.

The level of Japanese investment and the arrival of Japanese companies in North East England was one of the success stories in the 1970''s and 80''s. This account highlights an association of mutual significance in the East-West dialogue.First published in 1989, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.