No Japanese leader has dominated Japan’s recent political landscape more than the late Abe Shinzo. With the this as the basic premise, the main objective of this compiled volume is to examine and assess Japan’s foreign and domestic polices during the 2010s, a decade which largely overlaps with Abe’s tenure as prime minister. This book is much more than a mere study of Abe’s leadership, however, as it ventures far beyond the traditional scope of diplomatic and political history by incorporating a multidisciplinary approach. As such, the contributors comprise not only historians and political scientists, but also sociologists, economists, legal experts, journalists, and practitioners of diplomacy. This diversity in backgrounds makes it possible to examine a much wider range of topics and themes that clearly illuminate the multitude of challenges that Japan faced in the decade as well as how it responded to those challenges, leading to a more thorough understanding of the path that Japan took in the 2010s.
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: The Decade of Abe
- Part 1: Japan’s External Relations
- Chapter 1: The Coming of a New Age in US-Japan Relations
- Chapter 2: Japan’s Relations with China
- Chapter 3: Japan-India Relations: A Defining Partnership in the Indo-Pacific
- Chapter 4: Essential Cooperation: Historical and Prospective Implications of Japan-Korea Relations
- Chapter 5: Japan-Taiwan Relations: Evolving but Still Challenging
- Chapter 6: A Decade of Strategic Alignment and the Deepening of Japan-Australia Ties
- Shiro Armstrong, Benjamin Ascione and Yuma Osaki
- Chapter 7: Eternal Stalemate?: The Complexities of Japan-Russia Relations
- Chapter 8: Forging a Strategic Relationship: Japan and Brazil
- João Ernesto Christófolo and Roberto Wazima Szatmari
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 9: Navigating National Interests: Japan-Middle East Relations
- Part 2: Japan’s Interaction with Regional and International Organizations
- Chapter 10: Japan and ASEAN: Pursuing a Dual-Core Diplomacy
- Chapter 11: Constructing a Framework of Shared Values: Japan-EU Bilateral Relations
- Chapter 12: Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) under the Abe Administration
- Chapter 13: Japan and the United Nations: Strategic Venue for Global Leadership Negotiation
- Part 3: Japan’s Internal Policies
- Chapter 14: Japan’s Economic Policy
- Chapter 15: The Resurgence of Human Security in Japan’s Foreign Policy
- Chapter 16: Contribution or Exploitation?: Japan’s Migration Policy in the Context of Globalization
- Chapter 17: Defense of Japan: Revision of Article 9
- Index
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