The Meaning of Internationalization: Practical Advice for a Connected Planet

In The Meaning of Internationalization, Edwin O. Reischauer—former American Ambassador to Japan and one of the world's most acclaimed scholars of Japanese life and culture—delivers a heartfelt message to the Japanese people on the need to look beyond their borders at the changing nature of the world. Reischauer stresses the need to adapt in order to survive and thrive in the new reality that our ever-shrinking world is bringing about—a message that resonates even more deeply today and applies not just to Japan, but to every country in the new global economy.

Edwin O. Reischauer (1910-1990) was born and raised in Japan. He earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University, where he taught for decades. Reischauer also served as the American Ambassador to Japan in the 1960s.