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(*)(Translated by Kiyoshi Ikemi)(★)(「本田超発想経営」)(Honda Motor is virtually synonymous with the so-called Japanese economic miracle. But ´miracles´ and successful corporations don´t just happen --and the story of this innovative company, its unorthodox founders, and unique management system will come as a surprise to many Western readers. Unlike the self-appointed foreign experts on Japan, whose praise is often as naive as their criticisms are unfair, the author presents a lively yet dispassionate analysis of the innermost workings of Honda Motor within the complex framework of Japanese politics, economics, culture, and psychology. In doing so, such popular concepts as Japan, Inc., harmonius Japanese labor relations, and the superiority of the Japanese worker are shown to be more the product of Western imagination than of the real situation in Japan. But this book is not just about history. The author looks into the future, and sees a time when Japanese automobiles will virtually cease to be an export product of Japan. In its far-sighted preparation for this, Honda Motor has been a pioneer. A thorough understanding of this company will enable the reader to appreciate how much the West has to learn from Japan --and, interestingly enough, how much Japan has to learn from the West. ◆Tetsuo Sakiya was born in Tokyo in 1926. He graduated from the law faculty of the University of Tokyo in 1953 and started working for Asahi Shimbun as a journalist. Since then, he has written numerous articles about Japanese industry, labor relations, energy problems, and government economic policy, and has most recently been focusing on the social structure of Japan. He is now senior editor and writer for the Asahi Journal, a national weekly news magazine, and also gives lectures at Waseda University.) |
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