Understanding Japan
Subtitle: essays inspired by Frank Langdon
By: edited by Lawrence T. Woods.
Contributors: Woods, Lawrence Timothy, 1960-; University of British Columbia.
Publisher: Centre of International Relations, UBC
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Vancouver, B.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Langdon, Frank, -- 1919-; Japan -- Foreign relations -- 20th century; Japan -- Politics and government -- 1989-; Japan -- Relations -- Canada; Canada -- Relations -- Japan
Other titles: Essays inspired by Frank Langdon
Notes: "October 2004."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the teacher, the trilogy, and the treasure / Lawrence T. Woods; title: I. Politics in Japan. Japan's dysfunctional democracy: the prime minister / Roger Bowen; title: Japan's economic miracle, small government, and the politics of tax cuts / Kohno Masaru; title: Central-local government fiscal relationships and regional equalization / David Edgington; title: An emerging microregion? the role of nonstate actors in Japan's relations with the Russian Far East / Glenn D. Hook; title: II. Japanese foreign policy. International cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region: the Japan National Council of the Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR), 1925-1939 / George M. Oshiro; title: Japan's role in Asia / Frank Langdon; title: Japan's geopolitical imperatives: a fresh look / Kawasaki Tsuyoshi; title: III. Canada-Japan relations. When the trade mission is over: the commercial realities of Canadian business in Japan / Carin Holroyd; title: A comparative study of the economic activities by Sogo Shosha in the United States and Canada in the late 1990s / Kurihara Tamiko; title: The will to share: the missionary background of Canada's relations with Japan / John F. Howes; title: John Nelson and Japan / Lawrence T. Woods; title: IV. Frank Langdon and Japan studies at UBC. My friend and colleague, Frank Langdon / John F. Howes; title: The development of Japan studies at the University of British Columbia / John F. Howes; title: Reminiscence / Ronald Dore; title: Frank C. Langdon: publications.