Japan in a dynamic Asia : coping with the new security challenges / / edited by Yoichiro Sato and Satu Limaye

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826229103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Maryland ; ; Oxford, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2006; ©2006
• ISBN: 0-7391-1020-9; 0-7391-5669-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 p.)
• Collana: Studies of Modern Japan
• Disciplina: 327.5205
• Soggetti: Japan Foreign relations Asia; Asia Foreign relations Japan; Japan Foreign relations Pacific Area; Pacific Area Foreign relations Japan
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; 1 Transitions in Japan's Strategic Landscape Yoichiro Sato; 2 The Outlier: Japan between Asia and the West John Miller; 3 Japan and the Emerging Free Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific: An Active Leadership? Yoichiro Sato; 4 Stirring Samurai, Disapproving Dragon: Japan's Growing Security Activity and Sino-Japan Relations Denny Roy; 5 New Breakthroughs and Enduring Limitations in Japan's Special Relationship with Taiwan Gregory W. Noble; 6 Japan-South Korea Relations: Slowly Lifting the Burden of History? Seongho Sheen7 Japan's Post-Cold War North Korea Policy: Hedging toward Autonomy? David Fouse; 8 Japan's Relations with Russia: The Painful Search of a New Paradigm Rouben Azizian; 9 Japan's Relations with Southeast Asia: The Strong Silent Type Anthony L. Smith; 10 Japan-Australia Relations: Friends in Search of Binding Bonds Yoichiro Sato; 11 Japan and India after the Cold War Satu Limaye; 12 Japan and Asia:A Constrained Regionalist Meets Realist Neighbors Satu Limaye; Index; About the Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.