Inoguchi Takashi. (ed.) Japanese and Korean Politics: Alone and Apart from Each Other

Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. — 295 p. — (Asia Today). — ISBN: 9781137488305, 1137488301This volume examines Japanese and Korean politics from both Japanese and Korean angles, exploring why the two countries do not cooperate bilaterally or consult one another, despite their geographical closeness and a number of common features that are central to both countries' domestic politics and foreign policies. Geographically, both countries lie between United States and China. Diplomatically, they are solidly tied to the United States. Economically, they are increasingly tied to China. In their political cultures and values, both share strong commitments to the free market, democracy, rule of law, human rights, and human dignity. In this thought-provoking book, Japanese and South Korean scholars collaborate to examine closely Japanese and Korean domestic politics and foreign policy and explain how the unfriendly relations between the two countries developed.Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: Are Japan and Korea Alone and Apart from Each Other? Takashi Inoguchi
Japanese Politics
Abenomics and Abegeopolitics. Takashi Inoguchi
Expansionary Monetary Policy Revised. Yutaka Harada
Return to the Liberal Democratic Party Dominance? Cheol Hee Park
Japanese Realignments and Impacting Korean-Japanese Relations. Seung-won Suh
Korean Politics
South Korea’s 2012 Presidential Election. Won-Taek Kang
Transformation of Korean Developmental Capitalism. Jongryn Mo
Park Geun-hye Administration’s Policies toward North Korea and Beyond. Satoru Miyamoto
Korean Parliamentary Politics. Yuki Asaba
Foreign Policy: Japan and Korea
Japanese Foreign Policy: Abe II and Beyond: With a Future Perspective of Japan-Korea Relations. Kazuhiko Togo
Korean Foreign Policy: Park Geun-hye Looks at China and North Korea. Chung-In Moon and Seung-Chan Boo
The Korean Peninsula and Japan: Global Money Flows as Framing International Relations. Takashi Inoguchi