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245 00 a| Japan--why it works, why it doesn't :b| economics in everyday life /c| edited by James Mak [and others].;

300 a| xiv, 219 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-210) and index.;

505 0 a| Do the Japanese live better than Americans? / Charles Yuji Horioka -- Why avoid the altar? / Andrew Mason and Naohiro Ogawa -- Why go to school after school? / Shigeyuki Abe and Kazuhiro Igawa -- Why so many gifts? / Robert Parry -- Why is Pachinko so popular? / Shigeyuki Abe and James Mak -- Why are the Japanese obsessed with luxury brand-name goods? / Kazuo Nishiyama -- Why are there so many small shops in Japan? / James Mak and Shyam Sunder -- How do the Japanese and Americans spend their money? / James Mak -- How can the Japanese manage without personal checking accounts? / Toshiki Jinushi and James Mak -- What are most Japanese doing on tax day? / Robert McCleery -- Why do students take it easy at the university? / Shigeyuki Abe ... [et al.] -- Why do Japanese companies hire only spring graduates? / Teruyuki Higa -- Why don't workers claim all their overtime? / Teruyuki Higa and Karen Lupardus -- How do workers get paid? / Naoki Mitani -- Do the Japanese work till they drop? / Yoshitaka Fukui -- Why do the Japanese save so much? / Charles Yuji Horioka -- Why is Japan a paradise of vending machines? / Robert Parry -- Why do doctors prescribe so many pills? / Akihiko Kawaura and Sumner LaCroix -- Why do bank automatic teller machines shut down at 7 P.M.? / Shyam Sunder -- Why is rice so expensive in Japan? / Susumu Hondai -- How can the Japanese spend so little on health care? / Matthew Loke and James Mak -- How does Japan's largest bank work? / Toshiki Jinushi -- Why do so many Japanese contribute to public TV? / Kazuhiro Igawa and James Mak -- Why are so few people on welfare in Japan? Yoko Kimura -- What are the Keiretsu and why do some U.S. companies dislike them? / Gary Kikuchi -- Is Japan an egalitarian society? / Harry Oshima.;

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Japan--why it works, why it doesn't : economics in everyday life / edited by James Mak [and others].

Other author	Mak, James.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, ©1998.
Description	xiv, 219 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects	National characteristics, Japanese. Japan--Economic conditions. --1945-. Japan--Social life and customs. --1945-.

Contents	Do the Japanese live better than Americans? / Charles Yuji Horioka -- Why avoid the altar? / Andrew Mason and Naohiro Ogawa -- Why go to school after school? / Shigeyuki Abe and Kazuhiro Igawa -- Why so many gifts? / Robert Parry -- Why is Pachinko so popular? / Shigeyuki Abe and James Mak -- Why are the Japanese obsessed with luxury brand-name goods? / Kazuo Nishiyama -- Why are there so many small shops in Japan? / James Mak and Shyam Sunder -- How do the Japanese and Americans spend their money? / James Mak -- How can the Japanese manage without personal checking accounts? / Toshiki Jinushi and James Mak -- What are most Japanese doing on tax day? / Robert McCleery -- Why do students take it easy at the university? / Shigeyuki Abe ... [et al.] -- Why do Japanese companies hire only spring graduates? / Teruyuki Higa -- Why don't workers claim all their overtime? / Teruyuki Higa and Karen Lupardus -- How do workers get paid? / Naoki Mitani -- Do the Japanese work till they drop? / Yoshitaka Fukui -- Why do the Japanese save so much? / Charles Yuji Horioka -- Why is Japan a paradise of vending machines? / Robert Parry -- Why do doctors prescribe so many pills? / Akihiko Kawaura and Sumner LaCroix -- Why do bank automatic teller machines shut down at 7 P.M.? / Shyam Sunder -- Why is rice so expensive in Japan? / Susumu Hondai -- How can the Japanese spend so little on health care? / Matthew Loke and James Mak -- How does Japan's largest bank work? / Toshiki Jinushi -- Why do so many Japanese contribute to public TV? / Kazuhiro Igawa and James Mak -- Why are so few people on welfare in Japan? Yoko Kimura -- What are the Keiretsu and why do some U.S. companies dislike them? / Gary Kikuchi -- Is Japan an egalitarian society? / Harry Oshima.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-210) and index.
LCCN	97021306
ISBN	0824819675 (alk. paper)

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