Science And The Building Of A New Japan

Author : M. Low
Publisher : Springer
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005-08-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781403976925

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Science and the Building of a New Japan by M. Low Pdf

This book highlights the importance of individuals in the shaping of postwar Japan by providing an historical account of how physicists constituted an influential elite. An history of science perspective provides insight into their role, helping us to understand the hybrid identity of Japanese scientists, and how they reinvented not only themselves, but also Japan. The book is special in that it uses the history of science to deal with issues relating to Japanese identity, and how it was transformed in the decades after Japan's defeat. It explores the lives and work of seven physicists, two of whom were Nobel prize winners. It makes use of little-known Occupation period documents, personal papers of physicists, and Japanese language source material.

Author : M. Low
Publisher : Springer
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781403981110

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Building a Modern Japan by M. Low Pdf

In the late Nineteenth-century, the Japanese embarked on a program of westernization in the hope of building a strong and modern nation. Science, technology and medicine played an important part, showing European nations that Japan was a world power worthy of respect. It has been acknowledged that state policy was important in the development of industries but how well-organized was the state and how close were government-business relations? The book seeks to answer these questions and others. The first part deals with the role of science and medicine in creating a healthy nation. The second part of the book is devoted to examining the role of technology, and business-state relations in building a modern nation.

Author : James R. Bartholomew
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Research
ISBN : 0300042612

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The Formation of Science in Japan by James R. Bartholomew Pdf

Author : Bowen C. Dees
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134247899

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The Allied Occupation and Japan's Economic Miracle by Bowen C. Dees Pdf

There is virtually nothing - until the arrival of this study - addressing the significance of the enormous contributions in science and technology towards the realization of Japan's 'economic miracle' during the occupation period. Describes the Scientific and Technical Division of McArthur's GHQ.

Author : Cecil H. Uyehara
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351743419

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The U.S.-Japan Science and Technology Agreement: A Drama in Five Acts by Cecil H. Uyehara Pdf

This title was first published in 2000. An account of the 1988 US-Japan Science and Technology Agreement (88STA). The research methodology of the study is based on interviews and analysis of the relevant documents and articles augmented by an analysis of selected studies on US-Japan and science and technology relations. The author hopes to: increase the reader's understanding of the bureaucratic process and negotiations within the US and Japanese government in drafting an agreement and the interaction of the negotiators in the outcome; increase our knowledge about how the US-Japanese relationship in science and technology in the public sector is managed; throw some light on how domestic factors impact on preparing for a negotiating a new agreement between the US and Japan on science and technology; develop insights into the negotiating styles of each country; assess its role as a model agreement for negotiating similar agreements with other countries; learn some lessons for future negotiations with Japan in the science and technology area and with other countries if this Agreement is to be used as a model.

Author : William D. Hoover
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810875395

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Historical Dictionary of Postwar Japan by William D. Hoover Pdf

The Historical Dictionary of Historical Dictionary of Postwar Japan relates the history of postwar Japan through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, events, places, organizations.

Author : Kenneth E. Wilkening
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2004-05-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0262265095

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Acid Rain Science and Politics in Japan by Kenneth E. Wilkening Pdf

Acid Rain Science and Politics in Japan is a pioneering work in environmental and Asian history as well as an in-depth analysis of the influence of science on domestic and international environmental politics. Kenneth Wilkening's study also illuminates the global struggle to create sustainable societies. The Meiji Restoration of 1868 ended Japan's era of isolation- created self-sufficiency and sustainability. The opening of the country to Western ideas and technology not only brought pollution problems associated with industrialization (including acid rain) but also scientific techniques for understanding and combating them. Wilkening identifies three pollution-related "sustainability crises" in modern Japanese history: copper mining in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which spurred Japan's first acid rain research and policy initiatives; horrendous post-World War II domestic industrial pollution, which resulted in a "hidden" acid rain problem; and the present-day global problem of transboundary pollution, in which Japan is a victim of imported acid rain. He traces the country's scientific and policy responses to these crises through six distinct periods related to acid rain problems and argues that Japan's leadership role in East Asian acid rain science and policy today can be explained in large part by the "historical scientific momentum" generated by efforts to confront the issue since 1868, reinforced by Japan's cultural affinity with rain (its "culture of rain"). Wilkening provides an overview of nature, culture, and the acid rain problem in Japan to complement the general set of concepts he develops to analyze the interface of science and politics in environmental policymaking. He concludes with a discussion of lessons from Japan's experience that can be applied to the creation of sustainable societies worldwide.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Research
ISBN : UIUC:30112105167925

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Scientific Information Bulletin by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Energy policy
ISBN : UOM:39015019132631

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Background Readings on Science, Technology, and Energy R. & D. in Japan and China by Anonim Pdf

Author : Yasushi Asami,Yoshiro Higano,Hideo Fukui
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789811588488

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Frontiers of Real Estate Science in Japan by Yasushi Asami,Yoshiro Higano,Hideo Fukui Pdf

This open access book presents recent research and hot topics in the field of real estate science in Japan. It features carefully selected English translations of peer-reviewed papers and excellent articles published in the Japanese Journal of Real Estate Sciences, as well as papers presented at the Japan Association of Real Estate Sciences (JARES) annual conference. The topics covered include market analyses of vacant houses, policies for reuse of vacant houses, property tax policy, issues of land for which the owners are unknown, disaster and real estate values, the siting optimization plan and its influence on real estate, big data and ICT technology for the real estate business, and public real estate management.Real estate science in Japan has developed in step with international research in the fields of law and economics, regional science, civil engineering, environmental science, architectonics, and related areas. At the same time, it has evolved into a unique discipline that focuses on policy-oriented practical science with arguments for the reform of outdated laws, regulations, and traditional customs. Asian countries are currently growing rapidly and are catching up with developing countries. The lessons learned and know-how accumulated by JARES is helpful for practitioners and policymakers not only in Japan, but also in other Asian countries.

Author : Aya Homei
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781009186834

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Science for Governing Japan's Population by Aya Homei Pdf

A major new study tracing historical roots of the interplay between policy, population and science in Japan from the 1860s-1950s.

Author : National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs,Committee on Japan
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1997-08-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309058841

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Maximizing U.S. Interests in Science and Technology Relations with Japan by National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs,Committee on Japan Pdf

Author : D. Bottom,D. Gann,S. Groak,J. Meikle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Construction industry
ISBN : 0860174638

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Innovation in Japanese Prefabricated House-Building Industries by D. Bottom,D. Gann,S. Groak,J. Meikle Pdf

This book assesses the development and use of industrialized and prefabricated housing technologies in Japan.

Author : John A. Ferejohn,Frances McCall Rosenbluth
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780804774314

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War and State Building in Medieval Japan by John A. Ferejohn,Frances McCall Rosenbluth Pdf

The nation state as we know it is a mere four or five hundred years old. Remarkably, a central government with vast territorial control emerged in Japan at around the same time as it did in Europe, through the process of mobilizing fiscal resources and manpower for bloody wars between the 16th and 17th centuries. This book, which brings Japan's case into conversation with the history of state building in Europe, points to similar factors that were present in both places: population growth eroded clientelistic relationships between farmers and estate holders, creating conditions for intense competition over territory; and in the ensuing instability and violence, farmers were driven to make Hobbesian bargains of taxes in exchange for physical security.

Author : Megumi Naoi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107037038

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Building Legislative Coalitions for Globalization in Asia by Megumi Naoi Pdf

This book argues that politicians, especially party leaders, liberalize trade by buying off legislative support with side-payments.