Part I: Traditional security. 1. Japan's strategic options? / Katahara Eiichi -- 2. The US-Japan alliance in the 21st century : a Chinese perspective / Wang Jian Wei -- 3. China and Japan : hot economics, cold politics? / Li Mingjiang -- 4. Japan's strategic response to North Korea : activistic security policy, eroding pacificism / Kim Sung Chull -- 5. A 'united' community in a divided region : Southeast Asia, Japan, China, and East Asian community / Pavin Chachavalpongpun -- 6. India and Japan : sharing strategic interests? / Arpita Mathur -- 7. Australia and Japan : toward a full security partnership? / David Walton -- Part II: Non-traditional security. 8. Japan's human security and peace-building : between aspirations and limitations / Lam Peng Er -- 9. Piracy and maritime security : Japan's strategic challenges / Sam Bateman -- 10. Japan and the G8/G20 : a global/regional strategy in financial governance / Joel Rathus -- 11. The triple disaster and Japan's energy and climate change policies / Purnendra Jain -- 12. Rethinking security in Japan : in search of a post-'postwar' narrative / Satoh Haruko.

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YT2025 M09

Japan faces significant challenges in both traditional and non-traditional areas of national security policy as the economic resurgence of China and the loss of US hegemonic clout significantly transform the strategic landscape of the Asia-Pacific region.