Abstract: Reflecting upon the desire to expand the jurisdiction in the sea, the UNCLOS introduced and established the exclusive economic zone, new continental shelf system,…
Country or Region: Japan
Abstract: Prime Minister Abe Shinzō’s anticipated trip to St Petersburg and Moscow at the end of May 2018 represents the culmination of his “new approach”…
Abstract: This study examines the impact of China’s growing territorial ambitions on Japanese public opinion. By experimentally manipulating perceived territorial threats from China, we tested…
Abstract: This article examines the implications of Japan’s strategic partnerships with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member-countries on its foreign aid policy. Although there…
Abstract: The Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) has not only changed how the USA engages in warfare but also how it maintains its military supremacy…
Abstract: The East Asian security order has been affected by the increasing rivalry between China and Japan in recent years against the backdrop of the…
Abstract: In recent years, Japan’s foreign policy elite has started to increasingly securitize China in their security discourse. The harsher tone from Tokyo is widely…
Preview: Despite short-term perturbations, however, nuclear power’s massive sunk-cost structure and embeddedness in national energy plans have made massive changes in the field unlikely in…
Abstract: Since the 1980s, Japan’s war memory has strained its relations with South Korea and China, to a less degree, the USA. Two of the…
Abstract: Multilateral approaches such as the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization, the Four-Party and Six-Party Talks, and the Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group (established by…
Abstract: Liberalists have argued that increased economic interdependence will deter the likelihood of war as opportunity costs of a military conflict will not be fashionable…
Abstract: One of the key issues that will determine the success or otherwise of the putative ‘Indo-Pacific region’ is how or whether it is successfully…
Abstract: Scholarly narratives concerning China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) tend to contextualise this project within China’s rivalry with the United States and Japan. Such…
Abstract: This article examines Japan’s role conception in its multilateral commitments to the Asia-Pacific after the global financial crisis in 2008. The Hatoyama government launched…
Abstract: Japan has a national interest in the South China Sea issue. Although its direct commitment is ultimately limited in a material sense due to…
