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Japan: Model Society of the Future?

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  • MIKIO SUMIYA

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Japan's economic development has attracted the attention of the world. Can Japan be the economic model for the world of the twenty-first century? While maintaining its traditional value system, Japan accepted Western culture and technology successfully, overcoming gaps and tensions. Social and economic tensions have not been as serious as in other advanced and developing countries, and one of the important explanations lies in Japan's type of industrial relations. In analyzing Japanese industrial relations, however, we find that the so-called features special to Japan do not qualify Japan as a distinct model. The family principle of enterprise, which is the basis of Japanese economic energy, also cannot be considered a model. Regrettably, one cannot say that Japan is a model society for the future.

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  • Mikio Sumiya, 1991. "Japan: Model Society of the Future?," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 513(1), pages 139-150, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:513:y:1991:i:1:p:139-150
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716291513001012
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