Roadblocks for Japan

INSECURITIES ABOUT JAPAN’S PLACE IN THE WORLD.

HISTORICAL LEGACIES

WORLD WAR II

CONTINENTALISM

RESOURCE VULNERABILITY

LIMITS OF “ASIANIZATION”

NUCLEAR ALLERGY: ARTICLE 9 AND OTHER RESTRAINTS

BUREAUCRATIC INERTIA AND REACTIVENESS: FOLLOWERSHIP

LATE INDUSTRIALIZATION: PROTECTIONISM; “MAKING THE WORLD SAFE FOR JAPAN”