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Japan: The Course Ahead

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The Vitality of Japan

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Today Japan is at an historic crossroads. The interplay of forces unleashed in the domestic economy and politics, together with forces at work in the international economy and political system, have placed Japan in a policy impasse. As pressures build, the temptation to reach, almost reflexively, for measures that have worked so well in the past has been great. Yet today Japan faces an unprecedented situation, and to reverse the course will require unprecedented measures.

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© 1997 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Courtis, K.S. (1997). Japan: The Course Ahead. In: Clesse, A., Inoguchi, T., Keehn, E.B., Stockwin, J.A.A. (eds) The Vitality of Japan. St Antony’s Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25489-7_1

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