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Japanese foreign policy is undergoing profound developments in response to changes in the country´s international environment as well as transformations in the way in which Japanese foreign policy is conducted. the volume begins by exploring how Japan´s external and internal landscapes have changed - examining issues ranging from a rising China and a nuclear North Korea, to new laws that will expand the role of the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) overseas and the ability for the Japanese government and military to cooperate more closely with their American counterparts, to the new opportunities and imperatives for foreign policymaking in an age of globalization when regular citizens are having more of an impact than ever before.

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