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Contemporary Japanese Politics and Policy Analysis: Its Defense, Territory, and Trade book cover

1st Edition

Contemporary Japanese Politics and Policy Analysis Its Defense, Territory, and Trade

By Daisuke Akimoto Copyright 2026
154 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

154 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book examines Japan’s defense technology, unresolved territorial disputes with neighboring countries, and its trade policy. The author: analyzes Japan’s cutting-edge defense technologies, including space, cyberspace, and electromagnetic domains, cross-domain operations, and artificial intelligence (AI); traces the history and future trajectories of Japan’s territorial disputes with... Read more

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Introduction: Policy Analysis of Contemporary Japanese Politics

1 Japan’s Defense Technologies in Space, Cyberspace, and Electromagnetic Domains

2 Japan’s Policy on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS)

3 Japan–Russia Territorial Dispute: A SWOT Analysis of a Peace Treaty

4 Japan–Korea Territorial Dispute: Takeshima or Dokdo?

5 Japan–China Territorial Dispute: Clash of Japan’s FOIP and China’s BRI?

6 Japan’s Policy on the Free Trade Agreement and the Economic Partnership Agreement

Conclusion: Implications of Policy Analysis for the Ishiba Administration

Index

Biography

Daisuke Akimoto is an Associate Professor at Tokyo University of Information Sciences. He has an M.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Sydney and a Ph.D. in Asian Studies and International Relations from Western Sydney University. As a former Official Secretary at the House of Representatives, Dr. Akimoto has authored several books on Japanese politics, including Japanese Prime Ministers and Their Peace Philosophy (Palgrave 2022).

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