Bending adversity : Japan and the art of survival

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Bending adversity : Japan and the art of survival

Title remainder

Japan and the art of survival

Statement of responsibility

David Pilling

Creator

• Pilling, David

Author

• Pilling, David

Subject

• Economic history
• History
• Identität
• Japan
• Japan
• Japan -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
• Japan -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
• Japan -- History -- 21st century
• Japan -- History -- 21st century
• Japan -- Politics and government -- 21st century
• 2000-2099
• Japan -- Social conditions -- 21st century
• Japan -- Social conditions -- 21st century
• Japan -- historia | politiska aspekter | ekonomiska aspekter | sociala aspekter
• Japon -- Conditions sociales -- 21e siècle
• Japon -- Conditions économiques -- 21e siècle
• Japon -- Histoire -- 21e siècle
• Japon -- Politique et gouvernement -- 21e siècle
• Politics and government
• Social conditions
• Japan -- Politics and government -- 21st century
• 2000-talet

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

Pilling's exploration begins with Japan's 2011 triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown. His reporting reveals both Japan's vulnerabilities and its resilience, pushing him to understand the country's past through cycles of crisis and reconstruction. Japan's survivalist mentality has carried it through tremendous hardship, but is also the source of great destruction: It was the nineteenth-century struggle to ward off colonial intent that resulted in Japan's own imperial endeavor, culminating in the devastation of World War II. Even the postwar economic miracle -- the manufacturing and commerce explosion that brought unprecedented economic growth and earned Japan international clout -- might have been a less pure victory than it seemed. In Bending Adversity, Pilling questions what was lost in the country's blind, aborted climb to #1. He revisits 1990 -- the year the economic bubble burst, and the beginning of Japan's "lost decades"--To ask if the turning point might be viewed differently. While financial struggle and national debt are a reality, post-growth Japan has also successfully maintained a stable standard of living and social cohesion. And while life has become less certain, opportunities -- in particular for the young and for women -- have diversified

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BTCTA

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• plates

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography