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This series focuses on the broad field of Japanese Studies, aimed at the worldwide English language scholarly market, published in Tokyo in English. Each Handbook contains an average of 20 newly written contributions on various aspects of the topic, which together comprise an up-to-date survey of use to scholars and students. The focus is on Humanities and Social Sciences.

Handbook of Japan’s Foreign and Domestic Policies During the Decade of Abe (Edited by Tosh Minohara)

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No Japanese leader has dominated Japan’s recent political landscape more than the late Abe Shinzō. With this as the basic premise, the main objective of this compiled volume is to examine and assess Japan’s foreign and domestic polices during the 2010s, a decade which largely overlaps with Abe’s tenure as prime minister. This book is much more than a mere study of Abe’s leadership, however, as it ventures far beyond the traditional scope of diplomatic and political history by incorporating a multidisciplinary approach. As such, the contributors comprise not only historians and political scientists, but also sociologists, economists, legal experts, journalists, and practitioners of diplomacy. This diversity in backgrounds makes it possible to examine a much wider range of topics and themes that clearly illuminate the multitude of challenges that Japan faced in the decade as well as how it responded to those challenges, leading to a more thorough understanding of the path that Japan took in the 2010s.

September, 2024, 342p. Hardback

ISBN: 9784909286321

¥28,875 (tax included)

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Tosh Minohara

Tosh Minohara is a Professor of International Relations and Security Studies at the Graduate School of Law and Politics, Kobe University where he holds a joint appointment with the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies. He is also the founder and chairman of the Japanese Cabinet Office-recognized nonprofit organization, Research Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs (RIIPA). He has been a lecturer at the Japan Self-Defense Force Command and Staff College for both the Japan Maritime and Air Self-Defense Forces. In addition, he serves in the capacity as senior advisor to KREAB and external advisor to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His primary research focus is on the diplomatic, political, and security relations of US-Japan relations, both prewar and postwar. His major works include, Hainichiiminhō to Nichibeikankei [The Japanese exclusion act and US-Japan relations] (Iwanami Shoten, 2002) and Daitōryo kara yomu Amerikashi [American history from the perspective of the presidents] (Daisanbunmei, 2023) among many others. His books have received the Shimizu Hiroshi Award and the Japan Research Prize.

Contributors

Vanessa Abou-Khalil, Kreab, Tokyo; Kenki Adachi, Ritsumeikan University; Kweku Ampiah, University of Leeds; Shiro Armstrong, The Australian National University; Benjamin Ascione, Waseda University; Aleksandra Babovic, Osaka University; João Ernesto Christófolo, Permanent Mission of Brazil to the World Trade Organization; Sana Hashmi, Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation; Yunho Kim, Independent Scholar; Chisako T. Masuo, Kyushu University; Yuko Mukai, Yomiuri Shinbun; Yuma Osaki, Doshisha University; Eshonkulova Shakhnoza, Kiyohara and Co., Patent Attorneys; Chika Shinohara, St. Andrew’s University, Japan; Débora Simões, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Portugal; Arbenita Sopaj, Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo, Tokyo; Ayame Suzuki, Rikkyo University; Roberto Wazima Szatmari, Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations; Linus Yamane, Pitzer College.

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(Editor, Tosh Minohara, Kobe University, 編)

Introduction: Critical Pedagogy as Public, Scholarly Engagement (Tosh Minohara);

Part 1: Japan's External Relations: 1. The Coming of a New Age in US-Japan Relations (Tosh Minohara); 2. Japan’s Relations with China (Chisako T. Masuo); 3. Japan-India Relations: A Defining Partnership in the Indo-Pacific (Sana Hashmi); 4. Essential Cooperation: Historical and Prospective Implications of Japan-Korea Relations (Yunho Kim); 5. Japan-Taiwan Relations: Evolving but Still Challenging (Yuko Mukai); 6. A Decade of Strategic Alignment and the Deepening of Japan-Australia Ties (Shiro Armstrong, Benjamin Ascione, and Yuma Osaki); 7. Eternal Stalemate?: The Complexities of Japan-Russia Relations(Eshonkulova Shakhnoza); 8. Forging a Strategic Relationship: Japan and Brazil (João Ernesto Christófolo and Roberto Wazima Szatmari); 9. Navigating National Interests: Japan-Middle East Relations (Vanessa Abou-Khalil);

Part 2: Japan's Interaction with Regional and International Organizations: 10. Japan and ASEAN: Pursuing a Dual-Core Diplomacy (Ayame Suzuki); 11. Constructing a Framework of Shared Values: Japan-EU Bilateral Relations (Débora Simões); 12. Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) under the Abe Administration (Kweku Ampiah); 13. Japan and the United Nations: Strategic Venue for Global Leadership Negotiation (Aleksandra Babovic);

Part 3: Japan's Internal Policies: 14. Japan’s Economic Policy (Linus Yamane); 15. The Resurgence of Human Security in Japan’s Foreign Policy (Kenki Adachi); 16. Contribution or Exploitation?: Japan’s Immigration Policy in the Context of Globalization (Chika Shiohara); 17. Defense of Japan: Revision of Article 9 (Arbenita Sopaj)

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Japan Documents Handbook titles

Handbook of Japan’s Foreign and Domestic Policies During the Decade of Abe (Edited by Tosh Minohara)

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Table of Contents 目次

(Editor, Tosh Minohara, Kobe University, 編)