Japan in international politics : the foreign policies of an adaptive state /
edited by Thomas U. Berger, Mike M. Mochizuki, Jitsuo Tsuchiyama; foreword Kenichi Ito
- Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers : Published in association with the Japan Forum on International Relations, 2007.
- viii, 349 p. : ill. forms.; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-329) and index.
Japan's changing international role / domestic foundations of Japan's international contribution / War renunciation, Article 9, and security policy / Participation in UN peacekeeping operations / defense posture for multilateral security / Adapting to global economic change / Building stable international financial relations / Responding to the Asian financial crisis / politics of memory in Japanese foreign relations / role of human rights: the case of Burma / Dealing with a rising China / Mike M. Mochizuki -- Masaru Kohno -- Jitsuo Tsuchiyama -- Go Ito -- Michael O'Hanlon -- Edward J. Lincoln -- Yoshiko Kojo -- Juichi Inada -- Thomas U. Berger -- Catharin Dalpino -- Mike M. Mochizuki -- Thomas U. Berger. The A The The The pragmatic liberalism of an adaptive state /
How have shifts in both the international environment and domestic politics affected the trajectory of Japanese foreign policy? Does it still make sense to depict Japan as passive and reactive, or have the country's leaders become strategic and proactive? This book presents a nuanced picture of Japanese foreign policy, emphasizing the ways in which slow, adaptive changes, informed by pragmatic liberalism, have served the national interest.