TY - BOOK AU - Bowles,Paul AU - Woods,Lawrence Timothy ED - Japan Studies Association of Canada. TI - Japan after the economic miracle: in search of new directions T2 - Social indicators research series SN - 0792360311 AV - HC462.95 .J352 2000 U1 - 330.952 21 PY - 2000///] CY - Dordrecht, Boston PB - Kluwer Academic Publishers KW - Japan KW - Economic conditions KW - 1989- KW - Congresses KW - Economic policy N1 - Papers presented at 11th annual meeting of the Japan Studies Association of Canada at the University of Northern British Columbia from 2-3 October 1998; Includes bibliographical references and index; List of Contributors --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; Pt. I; Searching for new directions: the Japanese challenges and responses --; 1; Japan's postwar Fordism: an historical perspective on the economic crisis in Japan --; 2; Restoring the legitimacy of Japanese business in the post-bubble era: can good economics make good ethics easier? --; 3; Changing behaviour of Japanese consumers --; 4; Back in the race: Japan and the Internet --; 5; New directions in Canada's Japanese-owned automobile plants --; 6; Producing and managing hazardous waste in Japan --; 7; Sustainability of farm settlements in Japan after the economic miracle: a case study of Onoji hamlet and Yamanashi prefecture --; 8; New directions in Japanese urban planning: a case study of Nagoya --; 9; The aging of Japanese society: human resource management in transition --; 10; Contemporary party politics in Japan: an old wine in a new bottle? --; Pt. II; Searching for new directions: The Canadian challenges and responses --; 11; Breaking into the Japanese Market: Canadian companies and the challenge of doing business in Japan --; 12; Learning with a new media --; 13; History of Japanese language education at UBC, 1956-1998: challenges and future directions --; 14; Teaching Japanese to a multicultural student population --; 15; Beyond boundaries: Japanese migrant women in North America --; Index ER -