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Japan Restored - by Clyde Prestowitz (Hardcover)

Japan Restored - by  Clyde Prestowitz (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In <i>Japan Restored</i>, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Clyde Prestowitz envisions post-bubble Japan in the year 2050, when the country's economic prosperity has made it a world leader in every area. <p/> In 1979, the book <i>Japan as Number One: Lessons for America</i> by Harvard University professor Ezra Vogel caused a sensation in the United States by pointing out that Japan was surpassing America as world economic leader; the book remains to this day the all-time bestselling non-fiction book by a Western author in Japan. The book was timely: Japan's subsequent bubble era of the 1980s saw the country booming. But since the economic bubble burst at the start of the 1990s, Japan has been in decline. <p/><i>Japan Restored</i> takes up where Vogel left off. Written as a vision of Japan in the year 2050, Prestowitz looks back to the present year as such a low point for Japan that a special reform commission was set up that helped the country regain its former position as a leader in technology, in business, and geopolitically. Looking at education, innovation, the role of women, corporate organization, energy, infrastructure, domestic government, and international alliances, Prestowitz draws up a fascinating and controversial blueprint for the future success of Japan. <p/> As the eyes of the world turn towards Japan in the run-up to the 2020 Olympics, <i>Japan Restored</i> is as timely as the 1979 book that inspired it.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><i>New York Times</i> Bestselling Author <b>Clyde Prestowitz</b> is a long time student of Japan who served as a lead negotiator with Tokyo in his position as Counselor to the Secretary of Commerce in the Reagan Administration. His first book, <i>Trading Places: How We Allowed Japan to Take the Lead</i>, revolutionized thinking about Japan's economic miracle and its relationship with the United States. <p/>Prestowitz is founder and President of the Economic Strategy Institute in Washington. He served as Vice Chairman of President Clinton's Commission on Trade and Investment in the Asia-Pacific Region, as an advisor to the Export/Import Bank, as a member of Intel's Policy Advisory Committee, and as an advisor to the Center for Strategic and International Studies of Indonesia. Prestowitz has also been a blogger for <i>Foreign Policy Magazine</i>, and is a prolific contributor to publications such as the <i>Financial Times, New York Times, </i> and <i>L.A.Times</i>. In addition to <i>Trading Places</i>, his books include: <i>Rogue Nation, Three Billion New Capitalists, </i> and <i>The Betrayal of American Prosperity</i>. He resides in Washington D.C. and Maui.

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