Japan's International Relations: Politics, Economics and Security

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The latest edition of this comprehensive and user-friendly textbook provides a single volume resource for all those studying Japan's international relations. It offers a clear and concise introduction to the most important aspects of Japan's role in the globalized economy of the twenty-first century. The book has been fully updated and revised to include comprehensive discussions of contemporary key issues for Japan's IR, including: bulletlist br/br/ bulletthe rise of China; br/br/ br/br/ bulletreaction to the global economic and financial crisis since 2008; br/br/ br/br/ bulletJapan's proactive role after 9/11 and the war on terror; br/br/ br/br/ bulletresponses to events on the Korean Peninsula; br/br/ br/br/ bulletrelations with the USA and the Obama administration; br/br/ br/br/ bulletrelations with Russia, Central Asia and the Middle East; br/br/ br/br/ bulletchanging responses to an expanding and deepening European Union. br/br//bullet/bulletlist br/br/ br/br/Extensively illustrated, the text includes statistics, maps, photographs, summaries and suggestions for further reading, making it essential reading for those studying Japanese politics and the international relations of the Asia Pacific. br/br/A note on the cover: br/br/The cover illustration entitled 'Double Standard' is a Japanese manga penned by satirical artist Ichihanahana in November 2010 regarding rising Japanese nationalism, Japan-China tensions over the disputed territory of the Senkaku islands and the US presence in Okinawa. This manga demonstrates many of the key themes in Japan's ties with China and the US, but also a number of other central features of Japan's international relations as explored throughout this text.

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Japan's International Relations focuses on three major issues: firstly, Japan's role in relation to its place in the international structure, its economic dynamism and its historical past. Secondly, how Japan's role is manifested in a number of key areas; economic, security, bilateral and regional. Thirdly, Inoguchi analyses the Japan's role in the light of the continuing US-Soviet détente, an enlarged Europe, continuing Pacific dynamism and global economic difficulties.First published in 1991, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.

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Pagina's: 632, Editie: 3, Paperback, Taylor & Francis