Marie Conte-Helm heads the Japanese Studies Divison of Sunderland Polytechnic.

• Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Japan and Europe: Perspectives from the Past 2. The Road to 1992: Japan and the European Community 3. Living in Europe: Expectations and Experience 4. The Japanese in Europe: Autres Pays, Autres Moeurs 5. The Japanization of Europe: Raw Fish, Wrestling and 'Just-in-Time' 6. Conclusion: Close Encounters of the Third Kind Notes Select Bibliography Index

Marie Conte-Helm heads the Japanese Studies Divison of Sunderland Polytechnic.

• Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Japan and Europe: Perspectives from the Past 2. The Road to 1992: Japan and the European Community 3. Living in Europe: Expectations and Experience 4. The Japanese in Europe: Autres Pays, Autres Moeurs 5. The Japanization of Europe: Raw Fish, Wrestling and 'Just-in-Time' 6. Conclusion: Close Encounters of the Third Kind Notes Select Bibliography Index

Marie Conte-Helm heads the Japanese Studies Divison of Sunderland Polytechnic.

• Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Japan and Europe: Perspectives from the Past 2. The Road to 1992: Japan and the European Community 3. Living in Europe: Expectations and Experience 4. The Japanese in Europe: Autres Pays, Autres Moeurs 5. The Japanization of Europe: Raw Fish, Wrestling and 'Just-in-Time' 6. Conclusion: Close Encounters of the Third Kind Notes Select Bibliography Index