A collection of essays, written by scholars and policymakers from the countries involved, explores the evolving alliance among Canada, Japan, and the United States. The book examines the three market-oriented democracies in their changing roles toward each other and show how they have moved beyond their separate, special, bilateral relationships into a dynamic three-way engagement.

This collection of essays is intended as a bridge between two countries separated by physical distance and linguistic barriers. The essays explore the growth of social, diplomatic, economic, political, and religious ties between Canada and Japan from the turn of the century to the present, with each topic addressed by at least two articles, one from each of the countries.

The papers in this volume were developed for an informal symposium held in Vancouver in April 1988. The papers range from descriptions of possible realigned world political orders to questions of international trade and domestic economic priorities; and from the "greying" of the population of the industrial world and associated social policy issues such as health care and pensions to the imperative of implementing sustainable economic development worldwide.