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List of contents
List of figures. List of tables. List of contributors. Preface. List of abbreviations. Glossary. Chapter 1. Introduction: Britain and Japan: similarities, differences and the future, Hugo Dobson and Glenn D. Hook Chapter 2. Japan and Britain in a historical-future perspective, Yoshikazu Sakamoto Chapter 3. The future of Anglo-America: the changing relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States, Andrew Gamble Chapter 4. United States-Japan relations in the postwar years: the dilemma and problems of postwar Japanese diplomacy and their implications for the East Asian order, Hideki Kan Chapter 5. Britain and Germany: defining the European order in the contemporary era, Christoph Bluth Chapter 6. Japan and China: new regionalism and the emerging East Asian order, Akio Takahara Chapter 7. The UK and the Euro: exchange rate stability but at what price? Brian Ardy Chapter 8. The East Asian economies after the financial crisis: a role for the Japanese yen? Wataru Takahashi Chapter 9. A Braveheart rensaissance? Scottish identity and politics at the beginning of the twenty first century, Eberhard Bort Chapter 10. Beyond hondo: devolution and Okinawa, Masahide Ota Chapter 11. London as a global financial centre: problems and prospects in the new era, Randall D. Germain Chapter 12. Narrating a 'global city' for 'new Tokyoites': economic crisis and the urban 'boosterism' in Tokyo, Takashi Machimura Chapter 13. Conclusion: Britain and Japan: a common agenda for the twenty first century? Hugo Dobson and Glenn D. Hook.
Summary
Britian and Japan in the Contemporary World provides up-to-date analyses of these two countries in terms of economics, politics, security and identity on the global, regional, subnational and civic levels.
