Courteous Power

John D. Ciorciari is Associate Professor and Director of the International Policy Center and Weiser Diplomacy Center, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan.Kiyoteru Tsutsui is Henri H. and Tomoye Takahashi Professor and Senior Fellow in Japanese Studies at Stanford University, where he is also Director of the Japan Program, a Senior Fellow of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and a Professor of Sociology.

"The editors of The Courteous Power have assembled a superb cast of experts to provide a comprehensive analysis of Japan's deep and multifaceted relations with Southeast Asia. ...The volume is a must-read for experts in the academic and policy-making communities, as well as students, who would like to understand how Japan and Southeast Asia have always been, and will continue to be, consequential actors in regional affairs."—Contemporary Southeast Asia

• AcknowledgmentsAcronymsChapter 1. From the Fukuda Doctrine to the FOIP: The Evolution of Japanese Engagement in Southeast Asia By John D. Ciorciari and Kiyoteru TsutsuiPart I. Relations on the International Political PlaneChapter 2. Japan as the Key to Southeast Asian DiversificationBy John D. CiorciariChapter 3. Japan’s Defense and Security Cooperation in Southeast Asia: Developing Security Networks, Capacities, and InstitutionsBy Ken JimboChapter 4. Wedge Strategy, Japan-ASEAN Cooperation, and the Making of EAS: Implications for Indo-Pacific InstitutionalizationBy Kei KogaChapter 5. Japan’s Relations with ASEAN: Unity and Diversity in a Changing Regional EnvironmentBy Shaun NarineChapter 6. Not Quite a Follower: ASEAN’s response to Japan’s regional initiativesBy Kalvin FungPart II. Development, Culture, and the Roles of Non-State ActorsChapter 7. From Japan Inc. to the FOIP: the Evolving Role of Japanese Businesses in Japan’s Southeast Asia PolicyBy Kitti PrasirtsukChapter 8. The Japanese Business Community as a Diplomatic Asset and the 2014 Thai Coup d’ÉtatBy Nobuhiro AizawaChapter 9. Japan’s NGOs and Effective Development Cooperation in Mekong CountriesBy Siriporn WajjwalkuChapter 10. Japan-Southeast Asia Engagements on the Ground: Japanese Women in Southeast AsiaBy Leng Leng Thang and Mika ToyotaChapter 11. Revisiting “Cool Japan”: The Southeast Asian Gaze towards Japanese Manga and Anime By Karl Ian Uy Cheng ChuaChapter 12. Japan as a Courteous Power: Continuity and Change in the Indo-Pacific EraBy John D. Ciorciari and Kiyoteru TsutsuiAbout the Authors