b'ASIMO 2001 at Honda Welcome Plaza Aoyama, 2023 | Liauzh | commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ASIMO-2001.jpg | CCBYSA4.0 | SilhouetteThe Rise of Modern JapanBroadcast March 3 10From the brink of collapse following WWII, Japan has risen to a global powerhouse. How did the countrys fortunes shift so dramatically? The perfect question for Mark Ravina, a respected insider on Japanese studies. Over these lectures, he explores how Japans strategic focus went from conquest to commerce . the importance TQM played . the asset bubble crash . and the impact a natural disaster played in its rebound. Its a peek into the most foreign, the most exotic place you can go with first world servicesMarks own words. A Professor of History at Emory, Mark Ravina has also been a visiting professor at Kyoto Universitys Institute for Research in Humanities. He regularly appears on CNN, NPR, and The History Channel.51'