The Japanese-Chinese security relationship is one of the most important variables in the formation of a new strategic environment in the Asia Pacific region which has not only regional but also global implications. The book investigates how and why since the 1990s China turned in the Japanese perception from a benign neighbour to an ominous chalenge with implications not only for Japan's security, but also its economy, role in Asia and identity as the first developed Asian nation. Japan's reaction to this challenge has been a policy of engagement which consists of political and economic...
The Japanese-Chinese security relationship is one of the most important variables in the formation of a new strategic environment in the Asia Pacific ...
This is the first major English-language study to explore the broad and longstanding connections between Japan s national security and the safety of its sea lanes. Tracing issues from pre-and post-1945 eras, the book explores how Japan s concerns with sea lane protection have developed across such diverse fields as military strategy, diplomacy, trade policy, energy security, and law enforcement.
Drawing upon case study material and primary research including interviews with officials and security analysts, the book presents a chronological analysis of Japan s sea lane security....
This is the first major English-language study to explore the broad and longstanding connections between Japan s national security and the safety o...
Written by the worlda (TM)s leading expert in the field, this book examines the evolution of Japanese agricultural policy in the post-war period, focusing particularly from the 1970s onwards when both domestic and external pressures for reform began to intensify.
The author explains how the MAFF has safeguarded their institutional capacity to intervene by accommodating both public interest in agricultural policy reform alongside the interests of government in maintaining agricultural support and protection. The book provides a major reinterpretation of agricultural policy, examining how...
Written by the worlda (TM)s leading expert in the field, this book examines the evolution of Japanese agricultural policy in the post-war period, f...
Japan s political stability was shattered after the general election of July 1993 when the conservative Liberal Democratic Party s thirty-eight year domination ended in defeat. This book examines the impact the 1993 general election had on Japanese politics. Although the LDP regained the position of a ruling party within a year, Hori questions whether the Japanese political system has managed to maintain the same efficacy as it had prior to 1993.
Using institutional analysis Hori argues that this fundamental change caused major institutional transformations; a decline in the...
Japan s political stability was shattered after the general election of July 1993 when the conservative Liberal Democratic Party s thirty-eight yea...
Over the last fifteen years local citizens' movements have spread rapidly throughout Japan. Created with the aim of improving the quality of the local environment, and of environmental management processes, such activities are widely referred to as machizukuri, and represent an important development in local politics and urban management in Japan.
This volume examines the growth and nature of such civil society participation in local urban and environmental governance, raising important questions about the changing roles of and...
Over the last fifteen years local citizens' movements have spread rapidly throughout Japan. Created with the aim of improving the quality of the...
After World War II, many regional conflicts emerged in the Asia-Pacific, such as the divided Korean peninsula, the Cross-Taiwan Strait, the 'Northern Territories', (Southern Kuriles) Takeshima (Dokdo), Senkaku (Diaoyu) and the Spratly (Nansha) islands problems. These and other disputes, such as the Okinawa problem in relation to the US military presence in the region, all share an important common foundation in the post-war disposition of Japan, particularly the 1951 Peace Treaty. Signed by forty-nine countries in San Francisco, this multilateral treaty significantly shaped the post-war...
After World War II, many regional conflicts emerged in the Asia-Pacific, such as the divided Korean peninsula, the Cross-Taiwan Strait, the 'Northe...
The unresolved territorial dispute between Japan and Russia over the South Kuril Islands/Northern Territories remains the largest obstacle to concluding a peace treaty and fully normalising bilateral relations between the two nations. This book traces the evolution of transnational relations between subnational public authorities in Hokkaido and Sakhalin, examining the interrelationship between these ties and the Russo-Japanese territorial dispute.
The book investigates why the development of Hokkaido-Sakhalin relations has failed to create, at the subnational level, an environment...
The unresolved territorial dispute between Japan and Russia over the South Kuril Islands/Northern Territories remains the largest obstacle to concl...
The Education Reform Act has introduced massive change to the British education system in part to make Britain more competitive. This book examines the reforms from the perspective of the Japanese education system and its contribution to that country's economic success. Questions are raised about comparative standards of educational attainment in the two countries and about the content and structure of education, highlighting dimensions missing from Britain's proposed reforms, but already present in Japan.
The Education Reform Act has introduced massive change to the British education system in part to make Britain more competitive. This book examines th...
Written by an internationally recognized specialist on Buraku studies, this book casts new light on majority-minority relations and the struggle for Buraku liberation. Ian Neary focuses on the Burakumin activist, left-wing politician, family company manager and arguably the most important Buraku leader of the twentieth century: Matsumoto Jiichiro.
Based on primary material reflecting recent research, each chapter locates Matsumoto Jiichiro's experience within the broader developments in Japan's social, political and economic history and illuminates dimensions of its social history...
Written by an internationally recognized specialist on Buraku studies, this book casts new light on majority-minority relations and the struggle fo...
Japan's use of Soft power in its international politics is as yet understudied. Soft power presents as many challenges as promises. This book explores the way Japan uses soft power in its relationship with the US, its Asian neighbours and Europe and aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of the role of soft power in international relations.
Hard power, on the other hand, is more tangible and has received far greater scholarly scrutiny than soft power. However, as this collection makes clear, hard power has its limitations and counterproductive consequences as an...
Japan's use of Soft power in its international politics is as yet understudied. Soft power presents as many challenges as promises. This book explo...
