Japan in Singapore

'Gives a good insight into the thematic field of culture contact under globalization.' - Internationales Asienforum'A refreshing contribution ... thematically coherent and conceptually sophisticated [it] has effectively highlighted many of the paradoxes, contradictions and fault-lines in Japan's relations with her neighbours in East Asia.' - Asian Studies Review

• Chapter 1 Japan in Southeast Asia: An Introductory Essay, JohnClammer, EyalBen-Ari; Chapter 2 “Global Talk”? Discourse and Cognition among Japanese Business Managers in Singapore, Eyal Ben-Ari; Chapter 3 Japan as a Model for Economic Development: The Example of Singapore, Thomas A. Stanley; Chapter 4 Twice Marginalized: Single Japanese Female Expatriates in Singapore, Eyal Ben-Ari, Yong Yin Fong Vanessa; Chapter 5 Books, Consumption, and the Movement of Japanese Business to Singapore, Mien Woon Ng, Eyal Ben-Ari; Chapter 6 “Where got Japanese Influence in Singapore!”, Chua Beng Huat; Chapter 7 “Not-Precisely-Work”: Golf, Entertainment and Imbibement Among Japanese Business Executives in Singapore, Eyal Ben-Ari; Chapter 8 The Happiness-Making Machine: Soka Gakkai and Japanese Cultural Presence in Singapore, Clammer John; Chapter 9 Tenrikyo in Singapore: Rerepresenting the Japanese Presence, Tina Hamrin; References Index;