TY - BOOK AU - Itoh,Hiroshi TI - The impact of globalization on Japan's public policy: how the government is reshaping Japan's role in the world SN - 0773450297 AV - JZ1745 .I47 2008 U1 - 320.60952 22 PY - 2008///] CY - Lewiston, N.Y. PB - Edwin Mellen Press KW - Globalization KW - Social aspects KW - Japan KW - Foreign relations KW - 1989- KW - Social policy N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-232); Introduction / Hiroshi Itoh -- Foreign policy making : reflections of former ambassador / Yuji Kurokawa -- Japan's policies toward Ukraine : reflections of former ambassador / Yuji Kurokawa -- The liberalized immigration policy / Nobutaka Shinomiya -- Japan's ODA and national security / Naoto Yoshikawa -- Japan's whaling policy : rejection of an international norm / Keiko Hirata -- The open skies over Japan : liberalization civil aviation / Hiroshi Itoh -- Prime Minister Koizumi's legacy : the reform of postal services and its implications / Charles D. Lake II -- From outbound to inbound : Japan's international travel and tourism promotion policy rationales, 1963-2003 / Lonny E. Carlile -- National security and mass media freedom / Lawrence W. Beer -- Female imperial succession? : public policy alternatives / Itsuo Sonobe -- Conclusions / Hiroshi Itoh ER -