* Publisher: Kodansha (1985/8/1) * Release Date: 1985/8/1 * Language: Japanese * Hardcover: 293 pages * Authors: Paul A. Samuelson, John K. Galbraith, Lester C. Thurow, Richard Zeckhauser, Ryuzo Sato, Adam B. Ulam, Robert A. Weinberg, Sheldon L. Glashow, Thomas C. Schelling * Cover Design: Sadao Sugaya "The End of the Century: Japan and the World" is a book that comprehensively examines the future of Japan and the world in the late 1980s to early 1990s, as Japan's rapid economic growth was coming to an end and the world was moving towards the end of the Cold War. In particular, it is characterized by its predictions and discussions of changes in the economy, politics, and society. * The End of the Century: Japan and the World * Predicting Japan - Nine Certainties * The Crisis of Free Trade - A Warning to Japan * Whose Life is Most "Valuable"? * The Challenge of the Technology Game * The Future of the Soviet System * Next Biotechnology * The Mystery of Humans, the Universe, and Matter * Dangerous Greenhouse Effect - Climate Change * Dangerous Greenhouse Effect - Climate Change