CONTENTS -- About the Contributors -- Japan's 21st Century Strategic Challenges: Introduction Purnendra Jain and Lam Peng Er -- Changing Geo-Economic and Geo-Strategic Environments -- Post-Number One Japan -- Japan's response through traditional security -- Japan's response through non-traditional security -- Bibliography -- Part I: Traditional Security -- Chapter 1 Japan's Strategic Options? Katahara Eiichi -- Introduction -- The Strategic Context -- Japan's Evolving Security Strategy Towards East Asia -- Strategic Options for Japan -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 The US-Japan Alliance in the 21st Century: A Chinese Perspective Wang Jian Wei -- Bush-Koizumi Honeymoon to China's Detriment -- Balancing the US and China -- New DPJ Government and Sino-Japanese Relations -- Back to the Future? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 China and Japan: Hot Economics, Cold Politics? Li Mingjiang -- Introduction -- China Views Japan in the Post-Cold War Era -- 'Hot Economics, Cold Politics': How Will These Two Factors Play Out? -- China's Non-Confrontational Assertiveness: The New Reality Facing Japan -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 Japan's Strategic Response to North Korea: Activistic Security Policy, Eroding Pacifism Kim Sung Chull -- Introduction -- Transition Toward Activistic Security and Military Policy -- Expediting MD development -- Departing from the pacifist principles -- From Abduction Issue to Sanctions -- Politicisation of the abduction issue -- Invoking a sanctions regime -- Nationalistic Discourse in Identity Politics -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5 A 'United' Community in a Divided Region: Southeast Asia, Japan, China, and East Asian Community Pavin Chachavalpongpun -- Setting the Stage -- A Community of Power Struggles -- Divergence of Approaches -- Impact on the Region.

Building a healthy community -- Or is this an imagined community? -- The Tsunami of Compassion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6 India and Japan: Sharing Strategic Interests? Arpita Mathur -- Introduction -- The Drivers of Bilateral Ties -- Coping with China's Rise -- Hot Economics Cold Politics: Issues in Ties with China -- India and Japan Respond Cautiously -- India and Japan: Foreign Policy Perspectives -- The US Factor -- Other Drivers of Bilateral Ties -- Assessing Positive Trends and Weak Links -- The Challenges -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7 Australia and Japan: Toward a Full Security Partnership? David Walton -- Introduction -- Responses to the JDSC -- The Security Relationship: Out of the Shadows -- The Impact of '9/11' on Security Networks -- A Security Declaration is Signed -- Towards a Security Partnership? -- Constraints on the JDSC -- The emergence of China as a global economic power and a regional leader -- The Role of Direct Prime Ministerial Involvement and Leadership Change -- The Rudd/Gillard Labor Government and Transition in Bilateral Ties with Japan -- 'Snubbing Japan' and new areas of engagement -- Whaling as an issue in security ties -- Triple Disaster and Gillard Visit -- Concluding Comments -- Bibliography -- Part II: Non-Traditional Security -- Chapter 8 Japan's Human Security and Peace-building: Between Aspirations and Limitations Lam Peng Er -- Genesis: Japan's Human Security Concept -- Human Security and Peace-building: Concepts and Norms -- Peace-building: Japanese Style -- Human Security and Peace-building: Contributions and Limitations -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Chapter 9 Piracy and Maritime Security: Japan's Strategic Challenges Sam Bateman -- Piracy: A Threat from a Non-State Actor -- Japan's Shipping Interests -- The Japanese Contribution to Countering Piracy -- Malacca and Singapore straits.

JMSDF deployments to Somalia -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 10 Japan and the G8/G20: A Global/Regional Strategy in Financial Governance Joel Rathus -- Introduction -- Analytical Framework -- Membership in Global/Regional Financial Governance: Japan's Role and the China Factor -- Japan, China, and Outreach G7 -- From G8 to G20: Engaging China, Engaging the World -- Decision-Making Power: The G20 and the IMF - Managing the Quota Question -- The Question of Voting Weight in the CMI -- Surveillance and Enforcement in Global/Regional Financial Governance: Japan and China -- G8/G20 and the FSB: Surveillance Agenda -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 11 The Triple Disaster and Japan's Energy and Climate Change Policies Purnendra Jain -- Introduction -- Energy and Climate Change: Policy Imperatives -- Energy -- Climate change -- Policy Players and Policymaking -- Before the triple disaster -- After the triple disaster -- Industry -- Public -- Government -- International Context -- Global Civilian Nuclear Network -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 12 Rethinking Security in Japan: In Search of a Post-'Postwar' Narrative Satoh Haruko -- Introduction -- Impact of the Change of Power on Japanese Security -- The Futenma Debacle -- 3.11 and the sotei-gai Syndrome -- What Safety Regime? -- The Mutated Security Discourse -- Domestic discourse -- The alliance discourse -- Incremental Changes -- Recovering the State -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.