Japan's Foreign Policy Making Central Government Reforms, Decision-Making Processes, and Diplomacy /

• Main Authors: Zakowski, Karol (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Bochorodycz, Beata (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Socha, Marcin (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: International relations.; Diplomacy.; Political leadership.; Asia-Politics and government.; Foreign Policy.; Political Leadership.; Asian Politics.; International Relations Theory.

This book evaluates the impact of the 2001 central government reforms on effective foreign policy making in Japan. It puts a special focus on the evolution of the domestic institutional factors and decision-making processes behind Japan's foreign policy, while also analyzing the development of...

Table of Contents:

• Structures and Actors in Foreign Policy Making in Japan
• Central Government Reforms and Foreign Policy Making in Japan
• War on Terrorism Under the Koizumi Cabinet
• History Problems Under the Koizumi Administration
• Prime Minister Koizumi's Policy Towards North Korea
• Rapprochement with China Under the Abe and Fukuda Cabinets
• New Pillar of Japan's Foreign Policy: Arc of Freedom and Prosperity and Values-Oriented Diplomacy
• The Issue of Futenma Under the Koizumi and Hatoyama Cabinets
• Hatoyama Administration's East Asian Community Initiative
• Climate Change Negotiations Under the DPJ Government
• Abe Cabinet and the TPP Negotiations on "Trade Sensitivities"
• Summary and Conclusions.