Description: Using Global Studies: Japan and the Pacific Rim Selected World Wide Web Sites U.S. Statistics and Map Canada Statistics and Map World Map The Pacific Rim Map The Pacific Rim: Diversity and Interconnection Pacific Islands Map The Pacific Islands: Opportunities and Limits Japan Country Reports Australia (Commonwealth of Australia) Brunei (State of Brunei Darussalam) Cambodia (Kingdom of Cambodia) China (People's Republic of China) East Timor (Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) Hong Kong (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) Indonesia (Republic of Indonesia) Laos (Lao People's Democratic Republic) Macau (Macau Special Administrative Region) Malaysia Myanmar (Union of Myanmar [Burma]) New Zealand North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) Papua New Guinea (Independent State of Papua New Guinea) Philippines (Republic of the Philippines) Singapore (Republic of Singapore) South Korea (Republic of Korea) Taiwan Thailand (Kingdom of Thailand) Vietnam (Socialist Republic of Vietnam) Articles from the World Press 1. Looking Back, Looking Forward, Nishimura Kunio, Look Japan, December 2000. Through interviews with four leading opinion-makers, the author provides a retrospective of modern Japanese history and provides insight into what paths Japan is likely to take in the twenty-first century. 2. Past Their Use-by Dates, David Kruger, Far Eastern Economic Review, May 23, 2002. What steps should be taken to rejuvenate Japan's economy? David Kruger contends that rigid rules and bureaucratic attitudes are constricting scientific research, squelching innovation, and even leading to brain-drain. 3. Japan's Slow-Moving Economic Avalanche, Scott B. MacDonald and Jonathan Lemco, Current History, April 2002. The authors summarize Japan's major economic challenges, identifying special-interest politics as a core problem. Still, the private sector offers a glimmer of hope. 4. As Japan's Women Move Up, Many Are Moving Out, Howard W. French, New York Times, March 3, 2003. The overall divorce rate in Japan is flat in comparison to the rates in the West, but it is nonetheless steadily creeping upward, even among the middle aged. The social changes underlying the rising divorce rate are examined in this article. 5. Parasites in Pret-a-Porter, Peggy Orenstein, New York Times Magazine, July 1, 2001. Peggy Orenstein describes an interesting social phenomenon in Japan: free-spending "parasite single" women in their 20s and 30s--"girls" who just wanna have fun. 6. The Difficulty of Apology: Japan's Struggle With Memory and Guilt, Shuko Ogawa, Harvard International Review, Fall 2000. Japan's World War II occupation of a substantial part of Asia left indelible scars. How current Japanese citizens view this period of their history is reviewed by Shuko Ogawa in this article. 7. Arthritic Nation, Peter Landers, Far Eastern Economic Review, July 16, 1998. The conservative habits of Japan's aging population have a lot to do with why Japan can't seem to restructure its economy. 8. State of the Staple: Changing Conditions in Japan's Rice Markets, Shogeni Shin'ichi, Look Japan, June 1997. Japan has a marked lack of self-sufficiency when it comes to food. As a result, there has been a renewed emphasis on the importance of rural, agricultural villages to Japanese society. 9. The Sacred World, Aboriginal Art & Culture Centre, 2000. Australian culture extends far, far back from Russell Crowe, the Bee Gees, and Nicole Kidman. This brief artic

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