Abstract Two approaches to identity have been employed to explore issues in Japan’s international relations. One views identity as constituted by domestic norms and culture,…
Country or Region: Japan
Abstract The widespread debate on an East Asian power shift is generally based on the crude notion that power and capability are interchangeable. We critique…
Abstract The idea that China’s rise, and more specifically its increased material capabilities, are about to produce a power shift in East Asia raises the…
Abstract In order to assist the victims of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, we first need to understand people’s lived experiences of the disaster in…
Abstract In this article I view Asian alliances as a product of universal security needs and culturally constructed variables. While the alliance remains one of…
Abstract A growing sense among academics and policymakers alike is that the dominant issues of the twenty-first century will be decided in Asia-Pacific. But, the…
Abstract Developments in the East China Sea disputes in recent years appear to have set back Northeast Asian regional integration. Are there ways of turning…
Abstract This article explores the ways in which trade bilateralism, the Sino-Japanese rivalry, and cross-regional free-trade agreements (FTAs) could push East Asia closer to an…
Summary This article subjects the notion of the San Francisco system to critical scrutiny. It identifies the origins, evolution, and various meanings attributed to the…
Abstract This paper joins the debate on Japan’s territorial dispute with South Korea over the Dokdo/Takeshima islets. Informed by the ontological security framework of analysis,…
Summary In this article I join the debate on Japan’s soft power and cultural diplomacy. Most of the current scholarship focuses on Japan’s agency and…
Summary Located in the heart of Tokyo, Yasukuni is a controversial shrine dedicated to the Japanese war dead. It holds the remains of twelve convicted…
Abstract The three articles that follow use the insights of historical institutionalism to analyze the complex nature of the 1952 San Francisco Peace Treaty and…
Abstract The Fukushima nuclear disaster, which caused complex societal damage, also led to a shift in Japanese public opinion supporting the move away from nuclear…
Abstract Japan–South Korea security relations seemed to be going so well. The two countries, along with their American ally, met on the sidelines of the…
