Includes bibliographical references and index.

Japan's future and a new Meiji transformation : international reflections / Ken Coates, Kimie Hara, Carin Holroyd and Marie Söderberg -- New Meiji's economics and finance : is Abenomics successful and sustainable? Most probably not / Axel Berkofsky -- From Datsu A to development assistance as a way of reaching out to Asia / Marie Söderberg -- Japan's "new Meiji" transformation through G7 and G20 governance / John Kirton -- Japan's emerging soft power in East Asia? : Taiwan as a crucial case / Paul Midford -- Japan and security in East Asia : finding connections with the West / Kimie Hara -- Nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula : strategic adaptation, the Abe administration and extended deterrence in the face of uncertainty / John Nilsson-Wright -- Japan's grand strategy : in defense of the liberal western Pacific order / Tsuyoshi Kawasaki -- Learning from Okinawa's geopolitical history : how easing the burden of the bases makes good geopolitical sense / Paul O'Shea -- Meiji inspired diplomacy and politics for Japan's future / Scott Harrison -- Effective leadership in Japan : the case of Shibusawa Eiichi / Gil Latz -- Uses of Meiji : redefining history to repeat a success story / Annette Skovsted Hansen -- Japan and care in the community : sharing evidence from policy experiments / James H. Tiessen -- Reviving Japan through internationalization of higher education : Is there a "new Meiji"? Wilhelm Vosse -- Does rural Japan have a future? / Ken Coates -- Natural disasters and Japan / David W. Edgington -- Planning for Japan's 21st century economy and society / Carin Holroyd.