Renewable energy use in Japan: national policy, critical response and alternative paradigms
Recent national renewable energy policy in Japan is informed by a very real, severe and continuing energy security crisis and by the perceived need for a national response to global warming. The recent history of this policy response is described, as are the socio-political and economic circumstances which have shaped and constrained it. The substance of the critiques from significant RE energy generator and advocacy groups in light of perceived policy failures is provided. These critiques are based on the research evidence these groups have produced which demonstrates how the full range of RE resources available in Japan have been under-emphasized or ignored. These same groups and sub-national organizations have undertaken alternative RE policy development and implementation strategies which underpin a larger concern for the long-term sustainability of Japanese society. Several of the more striking of these alternatives, the Tδkyδ-Regional Network, the Energy in My Yard concept, and Sustainability Zones, are described.
Origins of the Modern Japanese State: Selected Writings of E. H. Norman . Edited by John W. Dower. New York: Pantheon Books, 1975. vii, 497 pp. Bibliography, Biographical Note, Glossary, Index. $5.95 (paperbound)
OECD code of liberalization, and problems stemming from existing treaties with other states. The last two chapters, on contracts and arbitration respectively, are perhaps most useful for those deeply involved in business dealings in Japan. Chapter VIII treats the contractual problems pertaining to joint ventures, share restrictions, corporate control devices, transfer of shares, and protection of minority interests. Chapter IX discusses dispute settlement, pros and cons of arbitration versus litigation, court assistance under the U.S.-Japanese Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation, and auxiliary statutes. The discussion is supplemented by cases and frequent cross-references to practices and conventions in the U.S. One theme that runs through the text is that the Japanese legal system and environment, viewed in the context of her culture and history, are not beyond comprehension or coping with. The author's descriptions and analyses are, in general, understanding and sympathetic toward the Japanese viewpoint. Twelve appendixes on foreign enterprises in Japan, major Japanese corporations, keiretsu, antimonopoly law provisions germane to the subject, nonliberalized technologies (up to 1972), restricted industries, the U.S.-Japanese arbitration agreement, and the cabinet decision (27 April 1973) concerning liberalization of inward direct investment. A glossary of Japanese proper nouns and technical terms in characters, together with frequent citation of Japanese words in parentheses following English technical expressions used in the main text, adds to the usefulness of the book. Typographical errors, common in a book of this sort, are impressively few. An exhaustive bibliography of Japanese and English sources spreads over fifty-six pages. 1,262 footnotes are all clustered at the end of the book, much to the dismay of the earnest reader. Thorough, comprehensive, and meticulously researched, this is a survey of the finest quality. The first definitive study in English of the subject, it fills the void left by other works written over the past fifteen years or so, which have tended to be disconnected, shallow, or unreadable.
Hispanic marketing : connecting with the new latino consumer
* Cultural Marketing: A new understanding * The Composition of the Hispanic/Latino market * The Latino Essense of "Hispanic" * Language Considerations in Marketing to US Hispanics * Enculturation, Acculturation, and Assimilation: A Bicultural Horizon * Latino Subjective Culture: Insights for Positioning * Culturally Informed Research among Latinos * The U.S. Hispanic Marketing Industry * The Digital World of U.S. Latinos * Latino Consumers and the Future of U.S. Marketing