Economic diplomacy : Japan and the balance of national interests / by Maaike Okano-Heijmans.

Originally presented as the author's doctoral thesis, University of Antwerp.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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List of Figures and Tables; A Note on Names and Transcription; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction Economic Diplomacy: Japan and the Balance of National Interests; Overview; The Context: The Growing Importance of Economic Diplomacy; The Importance of the Japanese Experience for Understanding Economic Diplomacy; Some Working Assumptions; The Book's Structure; Chapter One Conceptualizing Economic Diplomacy: Building a Framework for Research; Introduction; New Theories and Concepts; Towards a Better Understanding of Economic Diplomacy

Building a Conceptual FrameworkBuilding an Analytical Framework; Four Fields of Literature; Unwarranted Intervention or a Necessary Evil?; Conclusions; Chapter Two Japan's Economic Diplomacy Environment and Establishment; Introduction; Economics and Security in Japan's Diplomacy and Foreign Policy; Unpacking Economic Diplomacy; Changing Role of the State; Conclusion; Chapter Three The 'Business End' of Japan's Economic Diplomacy: Promoting Environmental and Energy Technology Abroad; Introduction; Economics and Security in Japan; Gearing to 'Green'; 'Green' Economic Diplomacy in Practice

ObjectivesChallenges Ahead; Balancing National Interests: Business and Power Play; Conclusion; Chapter Four The 'Power-Play End' of Japan's Economic Diplomacy: Relations with North Korea; Introduction; The Context: Japanese Action and Inaction; Japan's Economic Diplomacy towards North Korea; Negotiating Normalization: 1991 to the Present; Policy Drivers; Conclusion; Chapter Five Japan's New Economic Diplomacy: Changing Tactics or Strategy?; Introduction; The Economic Diplomacy Continuum; Five Strands of Japan's Economic Diplomacy; Japan's Trajectory since the 1990s; Conclusion

Conclusion Power Shift: Economic Diplomacy on the RiseThe Theory and Practice of Economic Diplomacy: The Findings; The Case of Japan in Perspective; An Agenda for the Future; Bibliography; Index

Since the 1990s, Japan's economic diplomacy has undergone fundamental changes. The reconfiguration of regional and global power encouraged the Japanese government, in coordination and cooperation with the private sector, to reassess its economic diplomacy policy. Economic Diplomacy: Japan and the Balance of National Interests illuminates the debates underlying these shifts, the various ways by which Japan's reinvention of its economic diplomacy is implemented, and the consequences for Japanese foreign policy at large. The insights presented in this book can be applied to the study of countrie.

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