Description
Book SynopsisBased on original fieldwork including interviews held with Japanese officials, this text provides important new insight into Japan and East Asian relations, principally through the close examination of changes in Japanâs regional policy. Furthering discussions on Japanâs new regional activism, Hayashi explores how Japan and East Asian relations have developed, how Japanâs regional policy has changed, and why.
In addition, the book challenges conventional views on Japanese foreign policy, arguing that it is not reactive but incrementally effective. The book incorporates three major case studies that provide detailed narratives and analysis of Japan and Washingtonâs diverging ideological approaches, Japanâs policies towards the East Asian financial crisis, and its policies towards East Asian regionalism.
Trade Review"Shigeko Hayashi's book on Japan and East Asian Monetary Regionalism examines the proactive initiatives taken by Japan in regional cooperation and finance." -- Saori N. Katada, Journal of Japanese Studies
Table of Contents1. Introduction The Existing Debates on the Nature of Japanese Foreign Policy 2. Historical Review of Japan’s East Asian Policy in the Postwar Period 3. The Washington Consensus versus the Japanese Approach and Implications for the East Asian Financial Crisis 4. Japanese Policies Towards the East Asian Financial Crisis 5. Japanese Policy Towards East Asian Regionalism 6. The Style of Japanese Foreign Policy: A Low-Profile and Incremental Approach 7. Conclusion
