Japanese Foreign Policy andUnderstanding JapanesePolitics

Contents

Introduction

PART I Japanese Foreign Policy

1 Japanese Attitudes to the Sino-Soviet Dispute

2 Japanese Foreign Policy

3 Domestic Political Restraints on Japanese Foreign Policy

4 Foreign Policy Perspectives of the Japanese Left: Confrontation or Consensus?

5 Japan and Asia

6 Continuity and Change in Japanese Foreign Policy

7 Where is Japan Headed?

8 The Domestic Political Context of Japanese Foreign Policy

9 Japanese Public Opinion and Policies on Security and Defence

10 Does Japan Have a Special Attitude Towards Peace?

11 Can Japan and the Soviet Union Sort Out Their Diff erences?

12 Understanding Japanese International Relations

13 Is War an Inevitable Part of History? The Case of Japan

14 Korean-Japanese Relations: Background, Trends and Perspectives

15 The Evolving Dynamics of Japanese Foreign Policy and Implications for South-East Asia

PART II Australia-Japan Relations

16 Aspects of Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy

17 Japanese Elections

18 Problems in Australian Foreign Policy: January to June 1972

19 Australia’s Relations with Japan

20 Problems in Australian Foreign Policy: January-June 1980

21 Party Representation in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Japan

22 Negotiating the Basic Treaty Between Australia and Japan, 1973–1976

PART III Democracy in Japan and Asia

23 Korea: An Outsider’s View

24 Beyond the ‘Asian Model’ of Democracy

25 Reshaping Japanese Politics and the Question of Democracy

Japanese Foreign Policy and Understanding Japanese Politics

Contents

PART I Understanding Japanese Politics

1 Electoral Pressures for Change: the Eff ect of Political Reform

2 Governance, Democracy and the Political Economy of the Japanese State

3 Opposition Parties or Client Parties? Can Politics Be Put Back onto the Agenda?

4 Is Japan a Post-Marxist Society? Thoughts on a Forgotten Debate

5 A European View of Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy

6 Koizumi and His Political Legacy

7 From Koizumi to Abe: Same Bed, Diff erent Dreams?

8 Koizumi and Blair as Political Leaders: A View from the United Kingdom

9 Do Prime Ministers Run Japan?

10 Issues of the Japanese Constitution

11 Why has Japan not had a Female Prime Minister?

12 Japanese Politics in a British Political Mirror

13 Political Earthquake in Japan: How Much of a Diff erence Will It Make?

14 New Japanese Politics from a British Perspective

15 Sailing through Rough Waters: New Politics in the United Kingdom and Japan

16 In Memoriam Chalmers Johnson (1931–2010): le Japon comme ‘Etat Développeur’ et le défi au consensus néoliberal

17 Stability and Instability in Japanese Politics: An Assessment of the Kan Government

18 Political Leadership in Japan: Are Eff ective Leaders Possible?

PART II Teaching and Research in Japanese Studies

19 Japanese Politics: The Neglected Discipline

20 The Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford

21 Area Studies on Japan: Experiences in Australia and Britain

22 Japanese Studies in Australia

23 Japanese Studies at Oxford: The New Decade

24 Japanese Scholarship in Australia and New Zealand: An International Perspective

25 Politics, Japan and the Politics of Japan: Studying at an Intersection of Disciplines

PART III The Importance of Japan

26 Why Japan Matters

27 Why Japan Still Matters

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Index