Conflict, Resolution, Adaptation

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Japanese Economy, 1998, vol. 26, issue 3, 67-85

Abstract: For those seemingly few socially aware Japanese in the early 1970s, death seemed to ooze from the smokestacks and waste pipes of corporate Japan. After decades of rapid development, the streams and rivers near the urban and manufacturing centers of Japan were little more than foul sewers, nearly devoid of life. Any chemical that could not be burned off into the air could be buried in the ground or pumped into the water. Few cared. Production was not only necessary, it was a virtue—and, with some of Japan's products making their way to Vietnam to be used as weapons of war, it was also profitable. This attitude of indifference changed, however, when the effects of such unchecked production and pollution began to have a tangible impact on people's lives. And yet corporate Japan refused to accept the reality. Indeed, rather than heed the calls for reform, it unleashed the one weapon at its disposal: sokaiya.

Date: 1998
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