Introduction: the story of Japan after World War II
The catalyst for change
The problem and the questions
The literature
Elite Interviews
The variables
Objectives and expected significance of the book
Ouline of the book
The legacy of the occupation: an abnormal foreign policy
Historical background
Japanese foreign and security policy 1952-1990
The Gulf War requires change
The Gulf War and Japanese foreign policy
The peace keeping operations law (PKO)
Towards a security council seat and beyond
Theorectically speaking: realism and alternative security
Japanese limitations
Alternative security
The theoretical foundations of foreign policy restructing
Alternative views of Japanese security
Foreign-policy restructuring in Japan
A model of foreign-policy restructuring
Talking to the policy makers themselves
What are the foreign-policy makers thinking
Planning for Japan's future security
Japan's national security
Abandonment
Japan's options
The myth of Gaiatsu: how Japan views its place in the world
Adjusting to the post-cold war world
Gaiatsu
The myth of Gaiatsu
What is Japan doing?
Triangulating politics: America, China, and Japan
The China question
The question of North Korea
Japanese policy: action and reaction
Where is Japan going?
The wide view of Japanese security
Future sources of foreign policy: the diet
Constitutional reform: potential for constitutional revision
The SDF in Japanese foreign policy
World leadership
Japan's limitations
Japanese hegemony?
Japan's future
Suggestions for foreign policy normalization
Implications for Hermann's model: what have we learned?.