Asian Research

Japan's Security Identity

From a Peace-State to an International-State

By Bhubhindar Singh

Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

Since the end of the Cold War, there has been a significant change in Japanese security policy, as Japan’s security identity has shifted from a peace state, to an international state. In this book, Bhubhindar Singh argues that from the 1990s onwards, the Japanese security policymaking elite...

Published November 15th 2012 by Routledge

Nationalism and Power Politics in Japan's Relations with China

A Neoclassical Realist Interpretation

By Yew Meng Lai

Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

Despite flourishing economic interactions and deepening interdependence, the current political and diplomatic relationship between Japan and China remains lukewarm at best. Indeed, bilateral relations reached an unprecedented nadir during the spring of 2005, and again more recently in autumn 2012,...

To Be Published July 25th 2013 by Routledge

Japan's International Relations

Politics, Economics and Security, 3rd Edition

By Glenn D. Hook, Julie Gilson, Christopher W. Hughes, Hugo Dobson

Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

The latest edition of this comprehensive and user-friendly textbook provides a single volume resource for all those studying Japan's international relations. It offers a clear and concise introduction to the most important aspects of Japan's role in the globalized economy of the twenty-first...

Published September 1st 2011 by Routledge

Decoding Boundaries in Contemporary Japan

The Koizumi Administration and Beyond

Edited by Glenn Hook

Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

This book sheds light on 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 Junichiro, the book grows out of a recognition that, with the Koizumi administration...

Published December 16th 2010 by Routledge

Asian Regionalism and Japan

The Politics of Membership in Regional Diplomatic, Financial and Trade Groups

By Shintaro Hamanaka

Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

This book explores the essential nature of regionalism by conducting a comprehensive analysis of more than 30 regionalist proposals made by Japan and other Asian countries throughout the post-war period. Shintaro Hamanaka examines the whole post war period and covers all regionalist...

Published December 14th 2009 by Routledge

Japanese Cinema and Otherness

Nationalism, Multiculturalism and the Problem of Japaneseness

By Mika Ko

Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

Over the last 20 years, ethnic minority groups have been increasingly featured in Japanese Films. However, the way these groups are presented has not been a subject of investigation. This study examines the representation of so-called Others – foreigners, ethnic minorities, and Okinawans – in...

Published December 13th 2009 by Routledge

Japan's National Identity and Foreign Policy

Russia as Japan's 'Other'

By Alexander Bukh

Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

This book is the first attempt to examine Japan’s relations with Russia from the perspective of national identity; providing a new interpretation of Japan’s perceptions of Russia and foreign policy. Alexander Bukh focuses on the construction of the Japanese self using Russia as the other,...

Published July 8th 2009 by Routledge

Japan and Britain at War and Peace

Edited by Hugo Dobson, Nobuko Kosuge

Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

Since the events of the Second World War the relationship between Japan and Britain has undergone an extraordinary transformation, from bitter conflict to peaceful alliance. Japan and Britain at War and Peace is a multilayered examination of this bilateral relationship with an emphasis on the issue...

Published June 7th 2009 by Routledge