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This book utilizes the concept of risk to provide an innovative perspective on Japan's relations with China, North Korea and the US. It elucidates how risk, potential harm and harm are faced disproportionately by certain groups in society. This is demonstrated by providing an empirically rich analysis of the domestic implications of security relations with China, North Korea and the United States through the presence of US troops in Okinawa. Beginning with a theoretical discussion of risk, it goes on to demonstrate how the concept of risk adds value to the study of international relations and develops the theory of risk as a tool for understanding international relations.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction Part I:The ‘China threat’ and Sino-Japanese relations Introduction 1. Food security, safety and bioterrorism 2. Transboundary pollution 3. East China Sea dispute 4. Immigration and the demographic crisis Part II: Deconstructing the framing of North Korea Introduction 5. Missile testing 6. North Korean abductions 7. Nuclear testing 8. Drugs and money Part III: Internalizing the US-Japan alliance in Okinawa Introduction 9. Military accidents 10. Military incidents 11. Environmental degradation 12. Noise pollution. Conclusion.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Glenn D. Hook is Toshiba International Foundation Anniversary Research Professor, School of East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK and director of the National Institute of Japanese Studies, part of the White Rose East Asia Centre, a collaboration between Sheffield and the University of Leeds, UK. His recent books include Japan’s International Relations: Politics, Economics and Security (co-author, Routledge, 2012, third edition).
Ra Mason is a lecturer in Asia-Pacific Studies at the University of Central Lancashire, UK, special research fellow with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science at the University of the Ryukyus (2014–15), Japan, and an honorary fellow of the White Rose East Asia Centre, University of Sheffield, UK. His recent publications include Japan’s Relations with North Korea and the Recalibration of Risk (Routledge, 2014).
Paul O’Shea is an assistant professor of Asian Studies at Aarhus University, Denmark and an honorary fellow of the White Rose East Asia Centre, University of Sheffield, UK. He has recently co-edited a volume entitled Risk State: Japan’s Foreign Policy in an Era of Uncertainty (2015).
