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Summary:JAPAN: THE SUN HAS RISEN THE THIRD CONVERSATION EXPLORING A GROWING SENSE OF UNEASE AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THE YEAR 2000. SOMETIME AROUND THE YEAR 2000 JAPAN WILL BECOME THE WORLD'S LEADING ECONOMIC POWER. WILL AMERICA BE ITS BREADBASKET AND EUROPE ITS BOUTIQUE? HAS THE COLD WAR GIVEN WAY TO A NEW CONFLICT BETWEEN EAST AND WEST? KAREL VAN WOLFEREN, AUTHOR OF 'THE ENIGMA OF JAPANESE POWER' ARGUES THAT JAPAN IS NOT A TRUE DEMOCRACY AND THAT ITS INCREASING STRENGTH SPELLS DISASTER FOR THE WORLD. HE DISCUSSES HIS THESIS WITH CLIVE JAMES, PLAY- WRIGHT MASAKAZU YAMAZAKI AND PHILOSOPHER AKIRA ASADA.
Description:INTELLIGENT LITERARY DISCUSSION ABOUT VARIOUS SERIOUS ASPECTS OF FIN DE SIECLE