U.S.-Japanese economic relations: Co-operation, competition, and confrontation (Pergamon policy studies on U.S. and international business)

U.S.—Japanese Economic Relations: Cooperation, Competition, and Confrontation provides a comprehensive review of the patterns of U.S.-Japanese interaction. This book describes the tension in the economic sphere that frayed the whole system of connections between U.S. and Japan, including various factors that contribute to these tensions. The ways on how to to reverse the process of estrangement that can lead both nations out of the atmosphere of confrontation and back into one of healthy competition and cooperation is also elaborated. This text also discusses Japan and the United States'possible developments of policies in pursuit of a rapprochement. This publication is a good reference for students and individuals researching on the sources of confrontation, competition, and cooperation in U.S.-Japanese relations. Content: Pergamon Policy Studies on U.S. and International Business , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Inside Front Cover , Page v Introduction , Pages ix-xvi , Diane Tasca 1 - Overview: The Bases for Conflict and Cooperation in U.S.—Japanese Relations , Pages 1-17 , Masahisa Naitoh 2 - Narrow Self-interest: Japan's Ultimate Vulnerability? , Pages 21-31 , James C. Abegglen 3 - Japanese Autonomy and American Vulnerability: Another View of U.S.–Japanese Relations , Pages 32-38 , Stephen M. DuBrul 4 - The U.S.–Japanese Collision Course , Pages 39-49 , Kazuo Nukazawa 5 - Avoiding a U.S.–Japanese Collision , Pages 50-57 , Akira Kojima 6 - American and Japanese Industrial Structures: A Sectoral Comparison , Pages 61-75 , Masahisa Naitoh 7 - Japanese Corporate Behavior: An Outside View , Pages 76-84 , Benjamin M. Rowland 8 - Government-Business Relations in Japan and the United States: A Study in Contrasts , Pages 85-93 , Kiichi Mochizuki 9 - Convergence or Collision: Alternative Scenarios for U.S.–Japanese Relations , Pages 97-115 , Kenichi Imai 10 - Preserving an Alliance: Recommendations in the Economic Sphere , Pages 116-129 , Irving S. Friedman Index , Pages 131-133 About the Contributors , Pages 134-135