Based on original fieldwork including interviews held with Japanese officials, this text provides important new insight into Japan and East Asian relations, principally through the close examination of changes in Japan’s regional policy. Furthering discussions on Japan’s new regional activism, Hayashi explores how Japan and East Asian relations have developed, how Japan’s regional policy has changed, and why. In addition, the book challenges conventional views on Japanese foreign policy, arguing that it is not reactive but incrementally effective. The book incorporates three major case studies that provide detailed narratives and analysis of Japan and Washington’s diverging ideological approaches, Japan’s policies towards the East Asian financial crisis, and its policies towards East Asian regionalism.
Author(s): Shigeko Hayashi
Edition: 1
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 192
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Series Title......Page 3
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Dedication......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
List of Illustrations......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 13
Glossary of Japanese Terms......Page 15
1. Introduction......Page 16
2. Historical Review of Japan’s East Asian Policy in the Postwar Period......Page 36
3. The Washington Consensus Versus the Japanese Approach and Implications for the East Asian Fnancial Crisis......Page 77
4. Japanese Policy Towards the East Asian Fnancial Crisis......Page 97
5. Japanese Policy Towards East Asian Regionalism......Page 118
6. The Style of Japanese Foreign Policy......Page 139
7. Conclusion......Page 155
Notes......Page 165
Bibliography......Page 175
Index......Page 186
