Masahide Shibusawa – författare

First published in 1992, Pacific Asia in the 1990s explores the main economic and political trends among the Pacific Asian countries in the second half of the 1980s. It suggests where the potential problems lie and where the opportunities are. This book is an unusual collaborative venture in that it combines the complementary viewpoints of a Japanese author, a Malaysian author and someone from outside the region. The authors examine the broad patterns of economic interdependence and security linkages both within the region and with external partners, then analyse in detail the political economy of the newly industrializing economies, the patterns of complementarity and competition in Southeast Asia, the dilemma of reform or retrenchment facing China and the smaller regional socialist states, and the paradoxes of Japan’s attempts to define its role in the region and the world.

First published in 1992, Pacific Asia in the 1990s explores the main economic and political trends among the Pacific Asian countries in the second half of the 1980s. It suggests where the potential problems lie and where the opportunities are. This book is an unusual collaborative venture in that it combines the complementary viewpoints of a Japanese author, a Malaysian author and someone from outside the region. The authors examine the broad patterns of economic interdependence and security linkages both within the region and with external partners, then analyse in detail the political economy of the newly industrializing economies, the patterns of complementarity and competition in Southeast Asia, the dilemma of reform or retrenchment facing China and the smaller regional socialist states, and the paradoxes of Japan’s attempts to define its role in the region and the world.

This book, first published in 1984, examines the spectacular economic growth of the Asia Pacific region in the 1970s and 1980s. How did a group of non-Western nations, in an area plagued by war, achieve such success, so quickly? Japan was the driving force in the region, and a dominant influence on the world economy, but had no clearly defined role in the politics of the region or the world. This book considers Japan’s position, the problems it faced and how it perceived and responded to events in the region. It provides clues to understanding the basic pattern of Japan’s relations, its evolving role in the region and the world, and how this role might develop in the future.