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This book extends the analysis of governance in contemporary Japan by exploring both the sites and issues of governance above and below the state as well as within it.

Since the end of the Cold War, Japan's security environment has changed significantly. Focusing on the domestic Japanese discourse on security, this book expands the standard discussions on security that mostly focus on military security and security in international relations, and brings in perspectives from domestic security, economic and livelihood security as well as sociological discussions of risk and risk management.

Japanese social scientists on the interpenetration of Japan and the world at large, in politics, economy and society. Special foci include capital, labour and education, and there are contributions from a comparative perspective.

Britian and Japan in the Contemporary World provides up-to-date analyses of these two countries in terms of economics, politics, security and identity on the global, regional, subnational and civic levels.

Offers an analysis of the controversial subject of Japan's participation in the American 'Star Wars' missile programme.

With an approach based on political culture and identity, this book demonstrates the current pressures and shifting priorities that confront Japan's government and people, as they attempt to carve out a new international role.

The first study to investigate, in depth, Japan's reaction to the recent diplomatic, military and economic security crisis generated by North Korea.

Examines the institutional mechanisms of governance at the global level and provides evidence of the role Japan plays in these institutions. Serving as an introduction to the concept of global governance, this volume analyzes how global governance actually works through the global institutional mechanisms of governance.

Japanese social scientists on the interpenetration of Japan and the world at large, in politics, economy and society. Special foci include capital, labour and education, and there are contributions from a comparative perspective.

Discusses how notions of 'nationalism' in Japan impinges on all aspects of social, political and cultural understanding of the Japanese nation. This book encompasses a chronological period of roughly 200 years, which allows for important observations about the evolution of nationalism, suggesting that Japan actually houses multiple 'nationalisms'.

An exploration of Japanese investment in Europe and Southeast Asia, in relation to the automobile industry.

The purpose of this book is to illuminate the changing nature of contemporary Japan by decoding a range of political, economic and social boundaries, with a focus on the period following the inauguration of Prime Minister Koizumi Junichir¿¿s administration (2001¿6). A rapid turnover of prime ministers followed Koizumi¿Abe Shinz¿ (2006--7), Fukuda Yasuo (2007--8) and As¿ Tar¿ (2008¿)¿but the transformation set in motion through his promotion of a more proactive role for Japan internationally, and the implementation of `structural reforms¿ domestically, set the direction for future administrations. The central argument of the book is that, in order to achieve the twin goals of greater international proactivity and domestic reform, the government and other actors supporting the new direction for Japan pushed forward by the Koizumi administration needed to take action in order to destabilize and reformulate a range of extant boundaries. This task was achieved by deploying material as well as normative resources, including the production of new discourses about the way these resources should be deployed.

Using a cross-section of authors and texts as case studies, this edited book looks at the ways in which authors writing in Japanese in the twentieth century constructed a division between Self and Other in their work.

Using a cross-section of authors and texts as case studies, this edited volume looks at the ways in which authors writing in Japanese in the twentieth century constructed a division between 'Self' and 'Other' in their work. It is useful for those working in Japanese studies, colonialism, identity studies and nationalism.

With the deepening of European, American and Asian integration, this topical study examines the political rationale of international organisations such as APEC whilst also exploring differing conceptions of regionalism and integration.

This title analyses the key areas of the education reform debate, including internationalism, government control of education, increased liberalization and various social problems.

Examines the nature of Japan's economic rise since World War II and its economic and political relations with other nations in the Pacific area as a result of that economic prowess.

Presents a multilayered examination of the bilateral relationship between Japan and Britain with an emphasis on the issue of reconciliation. This book is suitable for scholars of Japanese and British history and international politics.

Examines the institutional mechanisms of governance at the global level and provides evidence of the role Japan plays in these institutions. Serving as an introduction to the concept of global governance, this volume analyzes how global governance actually works through the global institutional mechanisms of governance.

Based on original research, Japan's Minorities provides a clear historical introduction to the formation of individual minorities, followed by an analysis of the contemporary situation.

The essays in this collection examine Sino-Japanese political relations given the phenomenon of 'a rising China and a stagnating Japan', questioning whether their relationship is one of cooperation or conflict.

Presents an introduction to the formation of individual minorities, and an analysis of the contemporary situation. This book identifies and explores the six principal minority groups in Japan: the Ainu, the Burakumin, the Chinese, the Koreans, the Nikkeijin and the Okinawans.

This book reveals the key dimensions of Japanese globalisation today by analysing both its inward and outward manifestations. This is the first book to examine fully the issue of globalisation in relation to Japan.

Japan and Okinawa provides an up-to-date, coherent and theoretically informed examination of Okinawa from the perspective of political economy and society.

Japanese Business Management demonstrates how management is moving towards a hybrid type in overseas operations and towards a western-style in Japan, where contractual principles are now beginning to be given greater weight.

This book extends the analysis of governance in contemporary Japan by exploring both the sites and issues of governance above and below the state as well as within it.

Harukiyo Hasegawa challenges the notion of the Japanese success story with an in-depth case study of comparative growth and decline in the steel industries of two mature economies.

Relations between Greater China and Japan have been conditioned both by responses to the impact of Western colonialism and the legacy of the Cold War. This book recognises the mistrust in Sino-Japanese relations, but also sees shared advantages in this traditionally adversarial relationship.