The Changing World Map of the Kaisha

Abstract

The kaisha in the 21st century are dealing with a greatly changed domestic society and domestic economic structure but, more important still, are deeply involved in a world system that is changing dramatically. The center of the world map for the kaisha is moving rapidly from North America to East and Southeast Asia, from the North Atlantic to the Western Pacific, truly a sea change. The momentum of economic forces drives the nation and its kaisha toward ever-deeper East Asian involvement and identity, led by business leaders but with dangerously little vision or support from the country’s myopic and US-obsessed officials and political leaders.