Japan's Asian Diplomacy / Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific (PDF)

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Japan's Asian diplomacy under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Under the Kantei-centred policymaking system, Shinzo Abe has implemented assertive foreign policies with a slogan of 'diplomacy taking a panoramic perspective of the world'. The analyses in the book cover the traditional and emerging fields of national security and international political economy. While its empirical examination is based on field-specific research, it also incorporates the analysis of Japan's bilateral relations with China, the US, India, and others.

Going forward, research in this book also explores the development of key regional affairs. Maritime security and space security are two of major security-related affairs, in which the states in East Asia and the Asia-Pacific have to engage, including the development of the TPP (TPP-11) and RCEP, as well as infrastructure development and development cooperation, which are crucial in relation to China's initiatives in the BRI and AIIB.

Hidetaka Yoshimatsu isProfessor of Politics and International Relations at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan. He has published articles that focus on Japan's foreign policy and regionalism in Asia in numerous journals, including Pacific Review, Asian Survey, Journal of Contemporary China, and New Political Economy.