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The rise of Japan surely counts as one of the major changes of the late twentieth century. And knowing how this new power sees the rest of the world is important today as never before. The Japan Review of International Affairs meets this need with articles in English by recognized Japanese experts on global and regional issues of current interest. Edited by a board of distinguished scholars and published quarterly by the prestigious Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA), the Japan Review is must reading for the informed individual who wants a truly well-rounded view of the global scene.
Editor in Chief: Yukio Satoh, President, JIIA
Deputy Editor: Tatsuhiko Kasai, Director of Research Coordination, JIIA
Editorial Advisors:
Hiroaki Fukami, Professor, Keio University
Takao Hatano, President, The Foreign Press Center
Akio Watanabe, Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University
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Current Issue:
Volume 18, Number 1 Spring 2004

Ties with America and Asia

  • The Evolution of Japan-US Relations (Takeshi Igarashi)
  • Japan and the Asia-Pacific Economies (Ippei Yamazawa)
  • The Road to East Asian Unification (Takashi Shiraishi)

Volume 17, Number 4 Winter 2003

Defense Policy Under Review

  • US Forward Development and East Asian Security (Takashi Kawakami)
  • Has Japan Crossed the Rubicon? Defense Policy Since the Higushi Report (Akio Watanabe)
  • African Development and the TICAD Process (Shinsuke Horiuchi)
  • The Third Japan-Pacific Islands Forum Summit (Masaki Noke)

Volume 17, Number 3 Fall 2003

A New Course for Japanese Diplomacy

  • Toward a New Foreign-Policy Doctrine (Hiroshi Nakanishi)
  • Construction of FTA Networks in East Asia (Fukunari Kimura)
  • Reforming the Security Council (Takahiro Shinyo)
  • Neoconservatives and the Bush Administration (Fumio Matsuo)

Volume 17, Number 2 Summer 2003

Pyongyang as a Security Threat

  • Dealing with the Threat of a Korean Crisis (Masao Okonogi)
  • North Korea's Renewed Nuclear Challenge (Hideya Kurata)
  • ODA as a Foreign Policy Tool (Makoto Iokibe)
  • Japanese Pop Culture and Uneven Global Connections (Koichi Iwabuchi)

Volume 17, Number 1 Spring 2003

The Maturing of Japan-China Ties

  • China and Japan in the Age of Globalizaion (RYOSEI KOKUBUN)
  • China's External Economic Policy and Relations with Japan (HIDEO OHASHI)
  • The Industrial Nation Summit and Japan's Foreign Policy (AKIO WATANABE)
  • Japanese Diplomacy and the North Korean Problem (YOSHIHIDE SOEYA)
  • 2003 New Year Editorials: A Deepening Sense of Crisis (HIROSHI FUJITA)

Volume 16, Number 4 Winter 2002

Africa's Path to Progress

  • Sustainable Development and Governance in Africa (RYUTARO HASHIMOTO)
  • NEPAD and Governance in the Twenty-first Century (TAKAHASHI MOTOKI)
  • Free Trade Agreements and Japan's Trade Strategy (YORIZUMI WATANABE)
  • The Potential of Ecological Sanitation (SABURO MATSUI)
  • International Cooperation in Health and Medical Care (ETSUKO KITA)

Volume 16, Number 3 Fall 2002

Reforming a Nation

  • Putting Japan's Structural Reform into Perspective (HIROSHI KATO)
  • After the Big Bang: Financial Reform in Japan (TORU NAKAKITA)
  • Political Reform in Japan (JIRO YAMAGUCHI)
  • Present Conditions and Problems of Japanese Education (AKITO ARIMA)
  • The Euro's Lessons for an Asian Monetary System (SAHOKO KAJI)

Volume 16, Number 2 Summer 2002

Rebuilding Afghanistan

  • Aid for Afghanistan: Immediate Needs and Long-Term Considerations(KENZO OSHIMA)
  • Counterterrorism and the New World Order: Japan's Role in Afghanistan(MASAYUKI YAMAUCHI)
  • The Koizumi Government and Demand-Generating Structural Reform(HARUO SHIMADA)
  • China and the WTO: The Effect on China's Sociopolitical Stability(MASAHARU HISHIDA)
  • The Role of Science and Technology in Sustainable Development(HISASHI OWADA)

Volume 16, Number 1 Spring 2002

Moving Toward a New East Asian Order

  • The Impact of September 11 on China's Key Foreign Relationships(SEIICHIRO TAKAGI)
  • East Asian Regionalism: A Look at the "ASEAN plus Three" Framework(TSUTOMU KIKUCHI)
  • Memory as Deterrence: The Moralization of International Politics(KIICHI FUJIWARA)
  • 2002 New Year Editorials: Worried Looks at the Future(HIROSHI FUJITA)


Volume 15, Number 4 Winter 2001

Japan and Europe in the Global Context

  • Memories and Realities: Japan and Europe in the Age of Global Anxiety (Tatsuo Arima)
  • The Evolution of the U.S.-EU Alliance: Post−Cold War Lessons for Japan (Hirotaka Watanabe)
  • Can Koizumi the Demagogue Become a True Leader? (Shin'ichi Kitaoka)
  • The Koizumi Administration: Its Significance and Prospects (Gerald L. Curtis)

Volume 15, Number 3 Fall 2001

Half a Century of Japan-U.S. Relations

  • The Past and Future of the Japan-U.S. Alliance (Akio Watanabe)
  • Japan-U.S. Economic Relations: Past Frictions and Future Challenges (Mitoji Yabunaka)
  • Asia-Pacific Regionalism and Japan's Strategy (Ippei Yamazawa)
  • Missile Defense and Japan's Security (Satoshi Morimoto)

Volume 15, Number 2 Summer 2001

A Century of International Relations

  • Globalization and Change in the International System (YOSHINOBU YAMAMOTO)
  • Japan's Diplomacy in the Twentieth Century (HIROSHI NAKANISHI)
  • U.S. Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century (OSAMU ISHII)
  • Northeast Asia and Russian Natural Gas (VLADIMIR IVANOV)

Volume 15, Number 1 Spring 2001

The U.N. Millennium Assembly
  • Issues for the United Nations in the Twenty-first Century (Hisako Shimura)

  • Challenges for the United Nations: A Japanese View(Yukio Takasu)

  • Japan and Taiwan: A Neglected Friendship (Satoshi Amako)

  • Japan and the Information Technology Revolution (Akio Akagi)

  • Proposing a New Japan (Hayao Kawai)

  • New Year Editorials Seek to Boost Japanese Morale (Hiroshi Fujita)


Volume 14, Number 4 Winter 2000

Perspectives on Conflict Prevention
  • Human Security and Conflict Prevention (Ryokichi Hirono)
  • Conflict Prevention: The Issue of Small Arms (Mitsuro Donowaki)
  • The Role of the NGO in Conflict Prevention (Nobuhiko Suto)
  • The Unfinished Business of Political Reform (Hideo Otake)
  • The Making of a Summit: Kyushu-Okinawa in Retrospect (Yoshiji Nogami)

Volume 14, Number 3 Fall 2000

Japanese Diplomacy and International Politics into the New Century
  • International Political Theory in the Two Postwar Periods  (Yoshinobu Yamamoto)
  • Challenges for Japan's Foreign Policy Future  (Takakazu Kuriyama)
  • The Idea of Europe and the Role of Japan  (Seiichi Kondo)
  • The Current State of Decentralization in Japan  (Wataru Omori)

Volume 14, Number 2 Summer 2000

JAPAN MOVES TOWARD REVITALIZATION
  • The Prospects for Japan: From Economic Revival to a "Soft Power" (Heizo Takenaka)
  • Reforming the Financial System to Revitalize the Economy (Kazuhito Ikeo)
  • The Myth of Japan's Harsh Terrain for Start-ups (Kazuo Koike)
  • Japan's Declining and Aging Population (Naohiro Yashiro)

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Volume 14, Number 1 (Spring 2000) TOWARD THE G8 OKINAWA SUMMIT
  • The Shaping of World Public Order and the Role of Japan (Hisashi Owada)
  • Okinawa: Reflections on the Postwar Years and a Vision for the Future (Keiichi Inamine)
  • Preventive Diplomacy in a Changing World(Masatsugu Naya)
  • In Quest of "Human Security" (Hans Van Ginkel and Edward Newman)
  • The Facts of the Asian Economic Crisis (Toshio Watanabe)
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