Discovering Japan: Issues for Canadians

Patricia Morley is a professor of English and Canadian Studies at
Concordia University, an associate fellow of the Simone de Beauvoir
Institute, and author of Margaret Laurence: The Long Journey Home.

This volume consists of edited versions of papers presented at the
second annual meeting of the Japan Social Sciences Association of Canada
(JSSAC) held at York University in 1989 to commemorate the sixtieth
anniversary of the opening of the Canadian embassy in Tokyo.

Part 1 is devoted to international trade, defence, and historical
perspectives. Part 2, more general, offers Canadian views on
contemporary Japanese society, including family structure, problems of
children returning from abroad, and the strength of the yen against the
American dollar. The academic format includes notes, critical comments
on some papers by one or two scholars, and a brief introduction by the
editors.

Recent events such as the collapse of the former USSR and the Gulf War
have dated a few papers, but most remain current and serve as a
substantial contribution to ongoing dialogue.