Japan's love-hate relationship with the West / [Book] /
Sukehiro Hirakawa.
- [Japan] : Global Oriental , 2004 .
- 557 p.
Introductory chapters cover Japan’s historic love-hate relationship with China, then an in-depth analysis of three themes: Japan’s turn to the West; Japan’s return to the East; from war to peace. The book explains why Japanese modern writers oscillate between East and West.