Japanese Politics

This book explores human security in East Asia, focusing especially on the challenges of coordination and collaboration among actors involved in securing and promoting human security. It includes detailed case studies of military interventions in East Asia, including East Timor, and also non-militar..

This volume recasts the history of anti-Christian discourse in Japan showing its influence on modern thought and politics...

Introduction to Japanese Politics, now in its updated 6th edition, is a comprehensive review of political developments in Japan. This classic introduction to Japanese politics has now been revised to cover: Japan's history, political institutions and processes, recent changes in the LDP and the cont..

Introduction to Japanese Politics, now in its updated 6th edition, is a comprehensive review of political developments in Japan. This classic introduction to Japanese politics has now been revised to cover: Japan's history, political institutions and processes, recent changes in the LDP and the cont..

This book addresses: what was Japan’s response to the challenges to its objectives and interests in Southeast Asia and to the Fukuda Doctrine? What role did Japan play for the settlement of the conflict in Cambodia? How did Japan’s diplomacy on the Cambodian problem affect the Japanese role in the r..

Exploring Japan’s involvement in both Afghanistan and Iraq, this book examines the evolution and nature of the new civil-military dimension in Japanese foreign policy. It shows how foreign aid, Japan’s traditional non-military diplomatic tool, was merged with the operations of the Japanese Self-Defe..

Tracing Japanese foreign aid to Africa during and after the Cold War, this book examines how the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) process sits at the intersection of international relations and domestic decision making. Taking Angola and Mozambique as case studies, the b..

This book argues that Japan’s emphasis on democracy assistance reveals its intention to increase its political influence with regards to China based on democratic values, and its usage of the term "democracy assistance" is a performative speech act to orchestrate a comprehensive approach for interna..

The new edition of this comprehensive and user-friendly textbook provides a single volume resource for all those studying Japan's international relations...

The new edition of this comprehensive and user-friendly textbook provides a single volume resource for all those studying Japan's international relations...

This book examines Japan’s foreign policy and its emerging identity as an important participant in conflict prevention and peacebuilding in Southeast and South Asia, demonstrating that Japan has increasingly sought a positive and active political role commensurate with its economic pre-eminence...

This book examines Japan’s foreign policy and its emerging identity as an important participant in conflict prevention and peacebuilding in Southeast and South Asia, demonstrating that Japan has increasingly sought a positive and active political role commensurate with its economic pre-eminence...