The Japanese impact on Southeast Asia has been profound, not only in terms of economic presence, but equally in terms of an increasingly visible cultural presence. Food, fashion, TV, film, religion, sport, popular music, ideas about management and social relationships and even local literatures have been profoundly impacted by the flows of cultural influences from Japan. This volume examines these flows and their consequences in Singapore, a Southeast Asian society in which the Japanese presence is so visible as to make it a regional paradigm for a study of cultural influence in the region.

Chapter 1 Japan in Southeast Asia: An Introductory Essay, JohnClammer, EyalBen-Ari; Chapter 2 "Global Talk"? Discourse and Cognition among Japanese Business Managers in Singapore, Eyal Ben-Ari; Chapter 3 Japan as a Model for Economic Development: The Example of Singapore, Thomas A. Stanley; Chapter 4 Twice Marginalized: Single Japanese Female Expatriates in Singapore, Eyal Ben-Ari, Yong Yin Fong Vanessa; Chapter 5 Books, Consumption, and the Movement of Japanese Business to Singapore, Mien Woon Ng, Eyal Ben-Ari; Chapter 6 "Where got Japanese Influence in Singapore!", Chua Beng Huat; Chapter 7 "Not-Precisely-Work": Golf, Entertainment and Imbibement Among Japanese Business Executives in Singapore, Eyal Ben-Ari; Chapter 8 The Happiness-Making Machine: Soka Gakkai and Japanese Cultural Presence in Singapore, Clammer John; Chapter 9 Tenrikyo in Singapore: Rerepresenting the Japanese Presence, Tina Hamrin; References Index;