{"product_id":"9781421542409","title":"Reimagining Japan: The Quest for a Future That Works","description":"Earthquake, tsunami, and the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl: the \u003cbr\u003etriple disasters of March 2011 hit Japan when it was already feeling \u003cbr\u003evulnerable, its confidence shaken by debt, deflation, and political \u003cbr\u003einertia. Yet those terrible days also revealed Japan's strengths, most \u003cbr\u003enotably the sense of community that created order and dignity amid the \u003cbr\u003echaos. In the short term, no one doubts Japan's capacity to rebuild, but \u003cbr\u003ethe country still faces daunting long-term challenges. Its population is \u003cbr\u003eaging and its workforce shrinking. In trade and diplomacy, it faces new \u003cbr\u003epressures from a rising China. Many leading Japanese companies have lost \u003cbr\u003eglobal market share over the past two decades and struggled to become truly \u003cbr\u003eglobal competitors. Japan still excels at manufacturing, but it has been \u003cbr\u003eslow to develop its service sector. Meanwhile, the country's education \u003cbr\u003esystem continues to emphasize rote learning and cramming at the expense of \u003cbr\u003einnovation and creative thinking. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Reimagining Japan: The Quest for a Future That Works, McKinsey invited \u003cbr\u003e80 men and women from around the world to contemplate the challenges and \u003cbr\u003eopportunities facing the country as it recovers from the triple disasters. \u003cbr\u003eContributors include CEOs, economists, Japan scholars, foreign-policy \u003cbr\u003eexperts, authors, and journalists, as well as stars from sports and \u003cbr\u003eculture. This unique and distinguished collection of authors shares \u003cbr\u003eperspectives on Japan in essays that are insightful, thought provoking-and \u003cbr\u003esometimes contradictory. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotable contributors include Bernard Arnault, Ian Buruma, Gerald Curtis, \u003cbr\u003eJohn Chambers, Steven Covey, John Dower, Bill Emmott, Victor Fung, Carlos \u003cbr\u003eGhosn, Pico Iyer, Bob McDonald, Stephen Roach, Masahiro Sakane, Masayoshi \u003cbr\u003eSon, Howard Schultz, Klaus Schwab, Bobby Valentine, Steve Van Andel, Ezra \u003cbr\u003eVogel, Robert Whiting, Tadashi Yanai and more than 50 others. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"VIZ Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133826220272,"sku":"9781421542409","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781421542409_p0.jpg?v=1763738715","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781421542409","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}