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By adopting an open, multidisciplinary, and transnational approach, this book sheds new light both on the specific achievements and on the often-unexpected interrelationships of the writers, artists and thinkers who helped to define the Japanese version of modernism and modernity.

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Based on the premise that Japanese cultural nationalism has been and is a major cultural/historical force throughout the Asia Pacific this book has dual focus: Part1 explores Japanese literature, philosophy, education, politics, diplomacy, music, Part 2 extends Japanese role to Asia Pacific at large.

Some leading Japan scholars present new research and thinking on the profound relationship between culture and disaster in Japan, focusing on the triple disasters of March 2011, the great quakes of 1995 and 1923, and the atomic bombings of 1945.

Topics include: Government Intervention and Economic Growth in East Asia, Agricultural Nationalism in the Age of Globalization, Japan's Dominance and Multi- Racial Coalitions in Malaysia.

Based on the NZASIA conference held at the University of Otago in November 1999, this volume contains some 30 out of over 100 papers presented. The papers are divided into two groupings: "Globalization in Asia" and "Nationalist Responses".