Bücher der Reihe The University of Sheffield/Routledge Japanese Studies Series

The essays in this collection examine Sino-Japanese political relations given the phenomenon of 'a rising China and a stagnating Japan', questioning whether their relationship is one of cooperation or conflict.

The purpose of this book is to illuminate the changing nature of contemporary Japan by decoding a range of political, economic and social boundaries, with a focus on the period following the inauguration of Prime Minister Koizumi Junichir¿¿s administration (2001¿6). A rapid turnover of prime ministers followed Koizumi¿Abe Shinz¿ (2006--7), Fukuda Yasuo (2007--8) and As¿ Tar¿ (2008¿)¿but the transformation set in motion through his promotion of a more proactive role for Japan internationally, and the implementation of `structural reforms¿ domestically, set the direction for future administrations. The central argument of the book is that, in order to achieve the twin goals of greater international proactivity and domestic reform, the government and other actors supporting the new direction for Japan pushed forward by the Koizumi administration needed to take action in order to destabilize and reformulate a range of extant boundaries. This task was achieved by deploying material as well as normative resources, including the production of new discourses about the way these resources should be deployed.

This book explores what Japanese sub-national Governments do, where they do it and why before considering the implications of these factors for Japanese international relations and domestic politics.

Analysing the political economy of reproduction and its role in the process of Japanese modernization, this text explores state attempts and policies to intervene into women's bodies and everyday lives to integrate them into the Japanese political economy. The author develops a model to assess reproduction from 1968 until the present day.

Examines Japanese post-Cold War security policy, analyzing how Japan reacted to the end of the Cold war, the results of the transformation in the post-Cold War security environment, and exactly how Japanese security has changed from its cold war design.

Japanese social scientists on the interpenetration of Japan and the world at large, in politics, economy and society. Special foci include capital, labour and education, and there are contributions from a comparative perspective.

Discusses how notions of 'nationalism' in Japan impinges on all aspects of social, political and cultural understanding of the Japanese nation. This book encompasses a chronological period of roughly 200 years, which allows for important observations about the evolution of nationalism, suggesting that Japan actually houses multiple 'nationalisms'.

An exploration of Japanese investment in Europe and Southeast Asia, in relation to the automobile industry.

Examines the institutional mechanisms of governance at the global level and provides evidence of the role Japan plays in these institutions. Serving as an introduction to the concept of global governance, this volume analyzes how global governance actually works through the global institutional mechanisms of governance.

With the deepening of European, American and Asian integration, this topical study examines the political rationale of international organisations such as APEC whilst also exploring differing conceptions of regionalism and integration.

Explores the nature of regionalism by conducting a comprehensive analysis of over 30 regionalist proposals made by Japan and other Asian countries throughout the post-war period.

Japan's Contested Constitution is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Japanese domestic politics and the international role of Japan.

This title analyses the key areas of the education reform debate, including internationalism, government control of education, increased liberalization and various social problems.

Based on primary resources, including documents and extensive interviews with Japanese policy makers, this book provides a comprehensive and detailed empirical analysis of Japan's involvement in Asia-Pacific security multilateralism after the end of the Cold War with reference to the ARF.

Presents a multilayered examination of the bilateral relationship between Japan and Britain with an emphasis on the issue of reconciliation. This book is suitable for scholars of Japanese and British history and international politics.

Presents an introduction to the formation of individual minorities, and an analysis of the contemporary situation. This book identifies and explores the six principal minority groups in Japan: the Ainu, the Burakumin, the Chinese, the Koreans, the Nikkeijin and the Okinawans.

Focuses on Japanese policy toward Middle East security issues, examining how policy is shaped by the need to both maintain Japan's security alliance with the US and its oil relationship with states in the Middle East.

Focuses on the construction of the Japanese self using Russia as the other, examining the history of bilateral relations and comparisons between the Russian and Japanese national character.

Examines the representation of so-called Others - foreigners, ethnic minorities, and Okinawans - in Japanese cinema; investigating how these representations are related to the socio-political context of contemporary Japan.

Japanese Business Management demonstrates how management is moving towards a hybrid type in overseas operations and towards a western-style in Japan, where contractual principles are now beginning to be given greater weight.

This is the first major study to trace development of the Ainu, the 'indigenous' people of Northern Japan, and to explore the ways in which their identities have been constructed.

Relations between Greater China and Japan have been conditioned both by responses to the impact of Western colonialism and the legacy of the Cold War. This book recognises the mistrust in Sino-Japanese relations, but also sees shared advantages in this traditionally adversarial relationship.

Interfirm Networks in the Japanese Electronics Industry analyses changes in production networks in the Japanese electronics industry.

Analysing Japan's international relations and participation in the multilateral forum - the G8 - since its creation in 1975, this text explores the motivation of the Japanese government and non-governmental actors' aims and objectives, and examines how and to what extent they have been achieved.

Examines one of the most central and defining aspects of capitalist modernity in contemporary Japan.