The Japan That Can Say No: Why Japan Will Be First Among Equals

The author, a leading Japanese statesman, asserts in this book that the balance of power has shifted and that Japan will no longer play polite sister to the US in world affairs. He claims that Japan could instantly overturn US military superiority by selling its crucial computer missile chip to the USSR. He therefore stresses that it is time for US corporations to listen to Japanese advice on achieving long-term economic strength instead of relying on trade sanctions to bail them out. He is also convinced that America's racial prejudice, which resulted in dropping the atomic bomb on Japan and not Germany, remains rampant and is a persistent cause of friction between the two countries. This book helps the reader understand a changing world in which Japan moves towards economic and technological supremacy. Shintaro Ishihara, a long-time member of the Japanese Parliament, is the President of PEN Japan.