Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. List of Contributors xi
5. Introduction: Asian Regionalism in Comparative Perspective 1
6. I. THE REGIONAL SETTING
7. 1. Transpacific Torii: Japan and the Emerging Asian Regionalism 47
8. 2. Asianism's Ambivalent Legacy 83
9. II. FROM PAST TO FUTURE
10. 3. The Intra-regional System in East Asia in Modern Times 113
11. 4. Japan and Northeast Asia into the Twenty-first Century 136
12. 5. Japan and Southeast Asia 169
13. III. REGIONAL ISSUES: ECONOMY AND CULTURE
14. 6. Japan in East Asia: Institutions and Regional Leadership 197
15. 7. Japan's Soft Power: Doraemon Goes Overseas 234
16. IV. WHAT KIND OF ASIA?
17. 8. Japan's National Security and Asia-Pacific's Regional Institutions in the Post-Cold War Era 275
18. 9. China, Japan, and the Regional Political Economy of East Asia, 1945-1995 306
19. Conclusion: Regions in World Politics, Japan and Asia- Germany in Europe 341
20. Index 383