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  • Japan's Politics and Economy

    Perspectives on change

    Series series European Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian Economics and Business Series
    For some time Japan has been under fire for adjusting too slowly to new realities. While this criticism may be valid on some levels, Japan has been transforming in tandem with both regional and global forces. However, these changes have been largely overshadowed by the immense changes in Asia; including the rise of China, the 1997 Southeast Asian financial crisis and North Korea's development of ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Japanese Development Cooperation

    The Making of an Aid Architecture Pivoting to Asia

    Series series European Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian Economics and Business Series
    The world order as we know it is currently undergoing profound changes, and in its wake, so is foreign aid. Donors of foreign aid, development assistance or development cooperation around the world are already facing new challenges in the changing development architecture. This is an architecture that globally seems to become increasingly forgiving of foreign aid as a win-win concept that also ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Japan Viewed from Interdisciplinary Perspectives

    History and Prospects

    Series series New Studies in Modern Japan
    The growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the Asia-Pacific region greatly surpasses the world average. When the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is better realized, then the world’s largest free trade zone will be firmly established. It seems that this region has a very rosy outlook indeed; however, this region also faces a large number of serious problems such as: atomic energy in ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The EU–Japan Partnership in the Shadow of China

    The Crisis of Liberalism

    Series series European Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian Economics and Business Series
    Both the European Union and Japan have been major beneficiaries and supporters of the liberal international order, first led by the United States since the end of World War II. During this period, they have emerged as global powers, however, the very order that nurtured their rise is now facing twin threats. First, through authoritarian China’s promotion of alternative models of global governance, ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Japan's Future and a New Meiji Transformation

    International Reflections

    Series series Asia's Transformations
    Bringing together the work of sixteen international Japan specialists and scholars, this book analyzes Japan’s culture and history to reflect on the critical policy decisions and national commitments required for the country to continue to succeed.Comparing the current situation with the uncertainties of the late nineteenth century, this book investigates the possibility and desirability of a "New ... Read more

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  • Chinese-Japanese Relations in the Twenty First Century

    Complementarity and Conflict

    Edited by Marie Söderberg ...
    Series series European Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian Economics and Business Series
    This important collection analyses the changing context of China's relationship with Japan. Its eminent international contributors address core issues including strategic concerns; security; the issue of Taiwan; diplomacy; economic relations; trade; the role of firms and currency. The book brings together a wide range of perspectives to offer a rich and varied understanding of one of Asia's most ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Changing Power Relations in Northeast Asia

    Implications for Relations between Japan and South Korea

    Edited by Marie Soderberg ...
    Series series European Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian Economics and Business Series
    This book analyses the Japanese-South Korean relationship from various angles including politics, security, economics, culture and immigration. In a sense the two countries are natural partners. Both are democratic societies, they are economically strong and are the only two Asian countries that are members of the OECD. Both have security treaties with the USA, they share security concerns when it ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • North Korea Policy

    Japan and the Great Powers

    Series series European Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian Economics and Business Series
    North Korea features highly on the agenda of the main actors in East Asia and around the globe, and many large foreign policy initiatives have been undertaken since the structural constraints of the Cold War started to loosen in the early 1990s. The centrality of North Korea has been particularly emphasized by the country's suspected development of nuclear weapons which is regarded as one of the ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • The Business of Japanese Foreign Aid

    Five Cases from Asia

    Edited by Marie Soderberg ...
    Series series European Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian Economics and Business Series
    Japan is now the biggest donor of Official Development Assistance (ODA) throughout the world. This study takes a new approach to this subject by focusing on the procedures, methodologies and business mechanisms at the implementation level that influence the process of policy-making in Tokyo. It is also the first study to explore the process of receiving aid, arguing that many of the recipient ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

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    Challenges and Tasks for the Twenty First Century

    Edited by Ippei Yamazawa ...
    Series series PAFTAD (Pacific Trade and Development Conference Series)
    This book provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive account of the APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) organisation and examines the challenges APEC now faces in the new century. Subjects covered include: * the history of APEC * APEC and the latest WTO round * case-studies of countries in the region including China, Japan, Malaysia, Korea and Taiwan * APECs approach to competition and ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • The End of the Asian Century

    War, Stagnation, and the Risks to the World's Most Dynamic Region

    An urgently needed “risk map” of the many dangers that could derail Asia’s growth and stabilitySince Marco Polo, the West has waited for the “Asian Century.” Today, the world believes that Century has arrived. Yet from China’s slumping economy to war clouds over the South China Sea and from environmental devastation to demographic crisis, Asia’s future is increasingly uncertain. Historian and ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • European Union Governance and Policy Making

    A Canadian Perspective

    European Union Governance and Policy Making introduces Canadian students to the politics of the EU. Divided into three parts, the collection examines its political system (history, theories, institutions), specific policies, and some of the challenges that the EU currently faces. Geared toward students who are learning about the EU in Canadian classrooms, the text integrates Canadian content and ... Read more

    $51.99 USD