Abstract The Fukushima nuclear disaster is far from over and remains a global health concern. While evacuations, sheltering, reducing intake of contaminated food, and other…
Country or Region: Japan
Abstract In 2009 the Democratic Party of Japan came to power promising a foreign policy shift, aiming for a more equal relationship with the United…
Summary Economic diplomacy is back. Globalization and shifting power balances between the West and East Asia are creating new incentives and conditions for governments in…
Abstract An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including the issue of corruption in the nuclear…
Abstract While China’s rising power is certainly an important variable in Sino-Japanese relations, it cannot explain either why the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands dispute broke out anew…
Abstract The disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima released large amounts of radioactive material, equivalent to many hundreds of nuclear bombs the size of those at…
Abstract The San Francisco Peace Treaty is constitutive, and some of its provisions have an effect erga omnes (rights or obligations toward all). But its…
Abstract Using a historical approach based on newly declassified materials, I attempt to explain the correlation or contradiction between the open “Korea Clause” of 1969…
Abstract Large antinuclear demonstrations in 2012 and significant expansion of renewable energy have sparked a degree of euphoria about the prospects for phasing out nuclear…
Abstract Despite highly favorable conditions for cooperation, South Korea and Japan have experienced almost constant diplomatic conflict since the end of the Cold War, in…
Abstract While the thought of a regional community in East Asia comparable to the European Union is premature, I consider the transforming international relationships among…
Abstract In this article we aim to illustrate both the progress and the stalemates of the US and Japanese strategies to fortify the Okinawan Islands…
Abstract In this article, we address four common, often contradictory misconceptions concerning Japanese foreign and security policy. First, Japan’s strategic “normalization” is dangerous. Second, Japan…
Abstract My aim in this article is to shed light on some domestic dimensions of the maritime dispute between China and Japan in the East…
Abstract After Kim Jong-il’s confession in 2002 that North Korean agents had abducted thirteen Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s, North Korea has become…
