Japanese Society and the Politics of the North Korean Threat explains the dramatic shift in Japanese policy between the North Korean ballistic missile tests of 1998 and 2006.

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Relations after The First Missile Launch
Chapter 3: Relations prior to Koizumi’s Visit to Pyongyang
Chapter 4: Japan-North Korea Relations 2002–2004
Chapter 5: Relations 2004–2006: Unilateral Sanctions Debates
Chapter 6: Conclusion

Seung Hyok Lee is a postdoctoral fellow at the Louis Frieberg Center for East Asian Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.