Publisher's Synopsis
This is a collection of eight essays by emerging international policy experts from Japan. The Asia Pacific region is widely recognized as likely to become the most dynamic region of the world in the 21st century, and cooperation among the region's three dominant economies - China, Japan, and the United States - is key to the region's future security and prosperity. The essays in this book consider what specifically needs to be done to build a cooperative trilateral relationship, what obstacles exist, and what Japan in particular can do in the context of the trilateral relationship.;The essays: analyze US policy toward Asia from a historical perspective and Japanese debate on foreign policy, especially policy toward China and the United States, before and after World War II; examine the concept of comprehensive security; review the historical and structural changes in post-cold war China-Japan relations; summarize Japan's official development assistance; discuss how the relationship of Japanese companies with overseas Chinese entrepreneurs will influence future business with China; and trace the development of an "epistemic community" and intellectual exchange in Asia Pacific in general and Japan in particular.
