Japan in a Dynamic Asia Coping with the New Security Challenges

by Sato, Yoichiro; Limaye, Satu; Azizian, Rouben; Fouse, David; Miller, John; Noble, Gregory W.; Roy, Denny; Sheen, Seongho; Smith, Anthony L.

• ISBN13: 9780739110218
• ISBN10: 0739110217
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-12
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

This collection takes a unique country-by-country approach to examine Japan's relations with individual Asian countries and sub-regions. As Japan's activism increases under the Koizumi administration, Japan in a Dynamic Asia provides a timely, updated understanding of Japan's rapidly changing foreign policies in the contexts of the new regional power balance and security concerns.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	ix
Abbreviations	xi
Acknowledgments	xv
1 Transitions in Japan's Strategic Landscape	1	(18)
Yoichiro Sato
2 The Outlier: Japan between Asia and the West	19	(18)
John Miller
3 Japan and the Emerging Free Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific: An Active Leadership?	37	(32)
Yoichiro Sato
4 Stirring Samurai, Disapproving Dragon: Japan's Growing Security Activity and Sino-Japan Relations	69	(20)
Denny Roy
5 New Breakthroughs and Enduring Limitations in Japan's Special Relationship with Taiwan	89	(28)
Gregory W. Noble
6 Japan–South Korea Relations: Slowly Lifting the Burden of History?	117	(18)
Seongho Sheen
7 Japan's Post–Cold War North Korea Policy: Hedging toward Autonomy?	135	(22)
David Fouse
8 Japan's Relations with Russia: The Painful Search of a New Paradigm	157	(22)
Rouben Azizian
9 Japan's Relations with Southeast Asia: The Strong Silent Type	179	(20)
Anthony L. Smith
10 Japan-Australia Relations: Friends in Search of Binding Bonds	199	(26)
Yoichiro Sato
11 Japan and India after the Cold War	225	(24)
Satu Limaye
12 Japan and Asia: A Constrained Regionalist Meets Realist Neighbors	249	(6)
Satu Limaye
Index	255	(14)
About the Contributors	269