Synopses & Reviews
This volume examines Japanese and Korean politics from both Japanese and Korean angles, exploring why the two countries do not cooperate bilaterally or consult one another, despite their geographical closeness and a number of common features that are central to both countries' domestic politics and foreign policies. Geographically, both countries lie between United States and China. Diplomatically, they are solidly tied to the United States. Economically, they are increasingly tied to China. In their political cultures and values, both share strong commitments to the free market, democracy, rule of law, human rights, and human dignity. In this thought-provoking book, Japanese and South Korean scholars collaborate to examine closely Japanese and Korean domestic politics and foreign policy and explain how the unfriendly relations between the two countries developed.
About the Author
Takashi Inoguchi is Professor Emeritus at University of Tokyo, Japan, and President of the University of Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations, he received his PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. His recent books include Japanese Politics Today, Political Parties and Democracy, and The Troubled Triangle.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Are Japan and Korea Alone and Apart Each Other?; Takashi Inoguchi
JAPANESE POLITICS
1. Abenomics and Abegeopolitics; Takashi Inoguchi
2. Expansionary Monetary Policy Revised; Yutaka Harada
3. Return to the Liberal Democratic Party Dominance?; Cheol Hee Park
4. Japanese Realignment Impacting Korean-Japanese Relations; Seung-won Suh
KOREAN POLITICS
5. South Korea's 2012 Presidential Election; Wan-Taek Kang
6. Transformation of Korean Developmental Capitalism; Jongryn Mo
7. Park Geun Hye's policy toward North Korea and Beyond; Satoru Miyamoto
8. Korean Parliamentary Politics; Yuki Asaba
FOREIGN POLICY: JAPAN AND KOREA
9. Japanese Foreign Policy : Abe II and Beyond; Kazuhiko Togo
10. Korean Foreign Policy: Geun-hye Park Looks at China and North Korea; Chung-In Moon and Seung-Chan Boo
11. The Korea Peninsula and Japan: Global Money Flows as Framing International Relations; Takashi Inoguchi