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In this important, thought-provoking, and wide-ranging study,
Yasuhiro Nakasone, one of the most highly regarded former prime
ministers of Japan, considers what should be Japan's strategic
direction in the twenty-first century. Japan is often accused of
lacking a vision, being slow to respond to changing circumstances,
and then only responding reluctantly, with piecemeal changes.
Nakasone, broadly agreeing with this view, considers why things
should be so, and goes on to put forward a vision for Japan for the
twenty-first century. He emphasises in particular the need for
radical change in economic policy, education, defence and science
and technology policy, and argues for amendments to the
constitution.
These political memoirs chart the journey of Japan's former Prime Minister, Yasuhiro Nakasone, from his youth in the aftermath of the First World War to his appearance on the world stage at the side of President Reagan. They conclude with his thoughts on the prospects for a third 'opening' of Japan to rival the Meiji Restoration and the MacArthur reforms.
Yasuhiro Nakasone's rise to political prominence began under the
watchful eye of the American occupation with which he had a direct
and confrontational relationship, arguing for the ending of the
occupation and the restoration of sovereignty to Japan. Nakasone
argued for Japan's need to become a 'normal' nation which in his
view involved an enhanced international role for Japan and an
enhanced role for the prime minister in domestic policy-making.
Both ideas have come to win an increasingly broad acceptance,
although Nakasone's slow rise to the position of prime minister
bears testament to the controversy aroused by his views. These
political memoirs chart the journey from his youth in the aftermath
of the First World War to his appearance on the world stage at the
side of President Reagan. They conclude with his thoughts, on the
eve of the domestic upheavals which saw the fall of the LDP, on the
prospects for a third 'opening' of Japan to rival the Meiji
Restoration and the MacArthur reforms. Now an adviser to a younger
generation of politicians, he is regarded by many as a modern-day
Genro for Japan.
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