This book explores the key developments of the contentious political and security issues in the Asia-Pacific that share a common foundation in the post-war disposition of Japan, particularly the San Francisco Peace Treaty. These include both tangible and intangible issues, such as disputes over territories and "history" problems. Taking the San Francisco System as its conceptual grounding, the contributors examine how these issues developed and have remained contentious long after the San Francisco arrangements.

Kimie Hara is a Professor, the Renison Research Professor, and the Director of East Asian Studies at Renison University College, University of Waterloo, Canada

Introduction: The San Francisco System and Its Legacies in the Asia-Pacific 1. Korea and Japan: The Dokdo/Takeshima Problem 2. Russia and Japan: The Algorithm of the Kuriles/Northern Territories Problem 3. Japan and China: Senkaku/Diaoyu and the Liuqiu/Ryukyu Problems 4. The South China Sea Dispute: A Review of History and Prospects for Dispute Settlement 5. The San Francisco Peace Treaty and "Korea" 6. Taiwan's Sovereignty Status: The Neglected Taipei Treaty 7. The San Francisco System at Sixty - The Okinawa Angle 8. The Japanese Military "Comfort Women" Issue and The San Francisco System 9. The Cold War, the San Francisco System, and Indigenous Peoples 10. From and Beyond the Margins: Racism, the San Francisco System and Asian Canadians 11. The San Francisco System: Past, Present, Future 12. Historical Legacies and Regional Integration 13. Epilogue