| Japan at the Summit: Its Role in the Western Alliance and in Asian Pacific Cooperation Subjects: Area Studies; Politics & International Relations; American Studies; Asian Studies; International Relations; Asian Studies (General); Asia Pacific Studies; Chinese Studies; Japanese Studies; Foreign Policy; This book, first published in 1990 and written from a Japanese perspective, examines the gradual transformation of Japan's traditional role in world politics since the Second World War. With Japan's postwar economic success came calls from many quarters for it to match its economic involvement with an equal commitment to international political relations. The book discusses in detail the realization by Japan's leadership that international cooperation must take place on many diverse levels, and focuses on Japan's involvement in Western affairs during the 1980s, through participation in the seven-power economic and political summits and dialogue at the meetings of ASEAN. |