This book of essays, written by four Japanese policy analysts, take a close look at the challenges Japan faces in the coming years. The topics covered in this volume – Japan’s relations with China, South Korea, North Korea and Southeast Asia – are all issues of intense policy interest in Washington as well as Tokyo.

The authors include Ken Jimbo, associate professor at Japan’s Keio University; Junya Nishino, associate professor at Keio University; Yasuyo Sakata, professor of international relations at Japan’s Kanda University of International Studies; and Chikako Kawakatsu Ueki, professor of international relations at Waseda University in Tokyo. The book was edited by Yuki Tatsumi, senior associate in the East Asia program at Stimson.