2. Is Japan Creating a Yen Bloc in East Asia and the Pacific?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. I. Is Pacific Asia Becoming a Regional Bloc?
6. 1. The East Asian Trading Bloc: An Analytical History 21
7. 2. Is Japan Creating a Yen Bloc in East Asia and the Pacific? 53
8. 3. Pricing Strategies and Trading Blocs in East Asia 89
9. 4. Trading Blocs and the Incentives to Protect: Implications for Japan and East Asia 125
10. II. Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in East Asia
11. 5. Japanese Foreign Investment and the Creation of a Pacific Asian Region 159
12. 6. Japan as a Regional Power in Asia 217
13. III.Does Japan Have the Qualities of Leadership
14. 7. How to Succeed without Really Flying: The Japanese Aircraft Industry and Japan’s Technology Ideology 251
15. 8. Foreign Aid and Burdensharing: Is Japan Free Riding to a Coprosperity Sphere in Pacific Asia? 321
16. 9. U.S. Political Pressure and Economic Liberalization in East Asia 391
17. 10. Domestic Politics and Regional Cooperation: The United States, Japan, and Pacific Money and Finance 423
18. 11. National Security Aspects of United States-Japan Economic Relations in the Pacific Asian Region 449
19. Contributors 459
20. Author Index 461
21. Subject Index 467