Introduction / Niklas Swanström and Ryosei Kokubun -- Part 1: Setting the terminology. Moving from crisis management to regional cooperation: clarifying concepts / Martina Klimesova. -- Part 2: Current bilateral relations. Sino-Japanese relations: A Japanese perspective / Hiroki Takeuchi ; Sino-Japanese Relations: A Chinese Perspective / Fu Xiao ; Sino-Japanese Relations: The American Factor / Peter Gries. -- Part 3: Multilateral structures. Sino-Japanese Strategic Relations in Multilateral Regional Frameworks / Yasuhiro Takeda ; Major Powers' Policies toward North Korea and Implications for Sino-Japanese Relations / Gui Yongtao ; Regional Structures in Northeast Asia: Whither and What? / Niklas Swanström ; China, Japan and Asian Regional Integration: From Bilateral to Multilateral? / Rumi Aoyama. -- Part 4: Where are we moving? Sino-Japanese Relations: From the "1972 Framework" to the "2006 Framework" / Ryosei Kokubun ; Power, Soft and Hard: The U. S., China and Northeast Asia in the Financial Crisis and the North Korea Problem / Shi Yinhong.

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Sino-Japanese relations have been on the mend since Shinzo Abe assumed the Japanese Prime Minister's office in September 2006. However, several issues continue to obstruct the building of long-term confidence between the two Asian giants. This book gives an overview of the current situation.