Between August and September of 2009, the DPJ grabbed the political power which had been in the LDP’s firm grasp for over half of a century. A new generation of politician aged 40 to 50 played the leading role in the power change and subsequently became the mainstay of the DPJ government. However, in as short as three years, they transfigured the image of the ruling party and were beset with inter...

The information technology has fundamentally changed the world’s economic and political order. It is not sufficient that scholars and researchers only regard this technology as an limited element influencing their fields of studies. Instead, they should see this transforming force from a panoramic perspective. The book treats the cyberspace as its research subject, dates back the history of cybers...

The book introduces a series of strategic adjustments and innovations adopted in Japan in the economic, political, and diplomatic fields in pursuing the national rebirth after the shock of the global financial crisis. After the two lost decades following the collapse of its bubble economy and the onslaught of the global financial crisis, Japan descends further into its economic decline. A troubled...

Global issues have become human society’s common challenges and the grand agenda of international multilateral diplomacy and more pervasive, politicized, intensified, and specified. Global issues not only affect the overall interests and common future of humanity, but also influence China’s sustainable development and its image of a responsible stakeholder. The collective rising of the China-led b...