{"product_id":"9781462915323","title":"Japan Restored: How Japan Can Reinvent Itself and Why This Is Important for America and the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow Japan Can Reinvent Itself and Why This Is Important for America and the World.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1979, the book \u003ci\u003eJapan as Number One: Lessons for America\u003c\/i\u003e by Harvard University professor Ezra Vogel caused a sensation in the United States by pointing out that Japan was surpassing America as world economic leader; the book remains to this day the all-time bestseller in Japan of non-fiction by a Western author. The book was timely: Japan's subsequent \"bubble era\" of the 1980s saw the country booming. But since the economic bubble burst at the start of the 1990s, Japan has been in decline. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJapan Restored\u003c\/i\u003e by Clyde Prestowitz, taking up Vogel's baton, is written as a vision of Japan in the year 2050 when the country's economic recovery has made it a world leader in every area of human endeavor. Prestowitz looks back to the present year as such a low point for Japan that a special reform commission was set up that helped the country regain its former position as a leader in technology, in business, and geopolitically. Looking at education, innovation, the role of women, corporate organization, energy, infrastructure, domestic government, and international alliances Prestowitz draws up a fascinating and controversial blueprint for the future success of Japan. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the eyes of the world turn towards Japan in the run-up to the 2020 Olympics, \u003ci\u003eJapan Restored\u003c\/i\u003e is as timely as the 1979 Vogel book that inspired it.","brand":"Tuttle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181610483952,"sku":"9781462915323","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462915323_p0.jpg?v=1763680192","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462915323","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}