Japan's Quest: The Search for International Recognition, Status and Role: The Search for International Recognition, Status and Role

by Hunsberger,Warren

• ISBN13: 9781563248412
• ISBN10: 1563248417
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-09-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

An international team of ten specialists in Japanese and American foreign relations address the crucial question: what role should Japan play in international affairs?

Table of Contents

Japan's World Standing: Four Measures	ii	(5)
Tables and Figures	vii	(2)
Foreword	ix	(4)
Preface	xiii	(2)
Acknowledgments	xv	(4)
Contributors	xix	(4)
Acronyms	xxiii	(2)
Introduction: Japan's International Rankings and Roles	xxv
Warren S. Hunsberger
Part I. The Questions: What to Be, What to Do	3	(32)
1. Japan's Search for Recognition and Status	3	(12)
Masaru Tamamoto
2. Japan's Historical Record	15	(20)
Warren S. Hunsberger
Richard B. Finn
Part II. The World: Economics and Security	35	(98)
3. Japan's Economy: From Resource Constraints to External Surpluses	35	(24)
Warren S. Hunsberger
4. Japan and Petroleum, the Most Critical Natural Resource	59	(18)
Karasawa Kei
5. Japan and the World Environment	77	(19)
Karasawa Kei
6. Japan's Constitutional Pacifism and United Nations Peacekeeping	96	(17)
Okubo Shiro
7. Japan's Search for a Global Role: Politics and Security	113	(20)
Richard B. Finn
Part III. The Asian Region and Japan	133	(60)
8. Japan and the Asian Economic "Miracle"	133	(17)
Nishiguchi Kiyokatsu
9. Japan and China: Collaborators or Rivals?	150	(17)
Hwei-ling Huo
10. Japan, Korea, and Northeast Aisa: A Korean View	167	(12)
Hyung Kook Kim
11. Japna and Its Northeast Asian Neighbors: Cooperative Development on the Sea of Japan Rim	179	(14)
Seki Hiroharu
Part IV. The Future: Who Will Shape It and How?	193	(32)
12. Clintonian Democracy: U.S. Leadership in an Uncertain Post-Cold War World	193	(13)
Philip J. Brenner
13. Japan's International Role, Past, Present, and Prospective	206	(19)
Warren S. Hunsberger
Appendix	225	(18)
Bibliography	243	(14)
Index	257