Seeing Japan: a Direct Look at the Current Situation in Japan

The works included in "Looking at Japan: A Direct Look at Japan's Current Situation" include authoritative perspectives from the United States - "Japan's No. 1" And "Japan's New Middle Class" by Professor Vogel, an expert on East Asian studies at Harvard University; as well as "Low Desire Society: The New Wealth of Nations in the Era of Loss of Ambition" by professional researchers from Japan - Japanese management scientist and "Mr. Strategy" Kenichi Omae; and "Lower Society: The Emergence of a New Social Class" by Miura Nobu, a social observer, social consumption phenomenon researcher, and class agglomeration researcher. These works focus on Japanese society, which began in the 1950s and 1960s after the end of World War II, and spanned the Japanese economic boom in the 1970s, the golden age in the 1980s, the bursting of the bubble economy in the 1990s, and the continued downturn since the new century, with the emergence of social problems such as "lower society" and "low desire society." Fu Gaoyi, Ohmae Kenichi, and Miura Kenichi explained the changes and social phenomena in Japan over the past few decades from their respective perspectives. They are of great reference to the world, especially countries that have experienced rapid development and are facing problems such as slowing economic development, low fertility rates, aging, and the "low desire" of the younger generation.