t Japan as a world economic power / r Miyohei Shinohara -- t Japan's role in Asia-Pacific cooperation / r Saburo Okita -- t Japan's defense strategy / r Akira Iriye -- t Japan's foreign direct investment / r Ryutaro Komiya and Ryuhei Wakasugi -- t Japanese economic cooperation / r Yutaka Kosai and Kenji Matsuyama -- t Japan's resource imports / r Kazuo Sato -- t The Overseas strategies of Japanese corporations / r Malcolm Trevor -- t Transplanting Japanese labor relations / r Solomon B. Levine and Makoto Ohtsu -- t The Employment of foreign labor in Japan / r Haruo Shimada -- t Japan's urban economy and land policy / r Takahiro Miyao -- t Japan : model society of the future ?/ r Mikio Sumiya -- t Japan, an imminent hegemon ? / r Koji Taira.