Japan's Foreign Policy in the 1990s: From Economic Superpower to What Power?

Looks at Japan's foreign policy at the regional and global level from a power analysis perspective. Argues that although Japan still poses as a political pygmy, it increasingly translates its economic power into influence over the perceptions, intentions, options, and material circumstances of other nations. Economic power is no longer simply used for achievement of narrow economic interests, but is exercised in many traditional as well as new areas like politics, the military, or even culture. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.