 IntroductionRaymond Hutchings
Chapter 1 in Japan’s Economic Involvement in Eastern Europe and Eurasia, 1999, pp 1-9 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract Japan has normally focused its attention for economic purposes upon itself and then on Asia and chiefly South-East Asia, Australasia, North America, the Middle East and Western Europe, and for political and military purposes on South-East Asia and North America. Africa, South or Central America, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, and now its successor states, have not been in the forefront of attention. Pace any change in Japan’s economic fortunes, that situation is likely to continue. Japan mainly imports raw materials, including oil and foodstuffs, which to a large extent are obtained from the first group of countries. South-East Asia has been seen as the region with which the Japanese should be the most closely associated, and North America and Western Europe as regions with which they wish to be compared or from which they can learn as regards economics, technology and science. The Soviet Union appeared primarily as a threat while Eastern Europe was neither a military threat nor a very useful economic partner. Keywords: European Union; Successor State; Former Soviet Union; German Democratic Republic; East European Country (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-14316-0_1 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-14316-0_1 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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