Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction / S. Javed Maswood
  • 2. Japanese foreign policy and regionalism / S. Javed Maswood
  • 3. Japanese domestic politics and Asian regionalism / T.J. Pempel
  • 4. The rise of an environmental superpower? : evaluating Japanese environmental aid to Southeast Asia / Peter Dauvergne
  • 5. Japan's position on human rights in Asia / Watanabe Akio
  • 6. Reaction and action : analysing Japan's relations with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam / Hirata Keiko
  • 7. Japan's diplomatic initiatives in Southeast Asia / Lam Peng Er
  • 8. Conclusion / S. Javed Maswood.