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...
To what extent is Japan in decline? In recent years popular writings, media commentaries and analysts often take the view that the rise of Japan is long since over and that the world's second largest economy is not just treading water but that society and the economy are failing, with potential catastrophic outcomes. But is this really the case? Could it be that once again Japan is being misread and misinterpreted? Are there not both obvious and less obvious signs of renewal and recovery? And how might the new DPJ-led government reform Japan? Based on papers given at a major international...
To what extent is Japan in decline? In recent years popular writings, media commentaries and analysts often take the view that the rise of Japan is lo...
The threats to security in southeast Asia have been serious and constant since the end of World War Two. This book provides an account of the evolution of a key axis of regional stability, namely the defence contracts between Japan and Australia from the early post-war period through to the post-9/11 present.
The threats to security in southeast Asia have been serious and constant since the end of World War Two. This book provides an account of the evolutio...
