The first study to investigate, in depth, Japan's reaction to the recent diplomatic, military and economic security crisis generated by North Korea.

Christopher W. Hughes is British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick.

Introduction; Chapter 1 Global and Japanese conceptions of power and security policy in the post-Cold War era; Chapter 2 Theory of economic power and security; Chapter 3 Military and economic conceptions of the North Korean security problem; Chapter 4 Japanese economic power and North Korea; Chapter 5 The Japanese policy-making process and economic versus military security policy; conclusion Conclusion;