Viewing the rise of China from Japan's perspective, the author elucidates Japanese policy responses and their implications for regional institution building. It fills a gap in knowledge about the development of East Asian regional institutions and Sino-Japanese relationships.

Introduction: A Puzzle of Regions and Institutions Sino-Japanese relations and East Asian Regionalism: An Eclectic Approach The Rise of China, Japan and the Parameters of the Policy Response An East Asian Free Trade Area: Competitive Arrangements The Chiang Mai Initiative: Real Financial Regionalism? The ASEAN Regional Forum: Security and Community The Asian Development Bank: A Rising Tide? Conclusion: A Networked Regionalism

JOEL RATHUS is EABER Scholar at the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research of the Australian National University. Previously, he was a Monbukagakusho scholar in Japan and Lecturer at the Center for Asian Studies at the University of Adelaide, Australia. He has published in the area of Japanese-Chinese relations and Japan-Australia politics.