GLENN D. HOOK is Professor of Japanese Studies and Director of the Graduate School of East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK. His research interests are in Japan's international relations. Recent publications include Militarization and Demilitarization in Contemporary Japan (Routledge, 1996), Japan's Contested Constitution: Documents and Analysis (Routledge, 2001), Japan's International Relations: Politics, Economics and Security (RoutledgeCurzon, 2005). Professor Hook is Chair of the Editorial Board of the Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business and Management

• List of Figures and Tables Preface Notes on the Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction: The Dialectics of Globalization; H.Hasegawa & G.D.Hook PART ONE: POLITICS AND SECURITY Janus at Large: Neo-Liberalism and Statism in Contemporary Japan; S.Atsushi The Impact of Globalization on Domestic Politics in Japan; T.Susumu Between Terror and Empire: Japan's Response and the Post-9/11 Order; F.Kiichi The Rise of China and Security in East Asia: China's New Concept of Security and Japan's Response; T.Akio Regionalization of Security Communities in East Asia: Myth or Reality?; Y.Takehiko Japan's Policy and Interface Arrangements with International Organizations: Financial and Other Resource Flows; S.Hideaki PART TWO: ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS The Response of Japanese Capitalism to Globalization: A Comparison with the German Case; K.Akira Japanese Corporate Response to Globalization: The State's Role in Economic Development; H.Hasegawa Reorganization of Enterprises in Japan: Focus on Keiretsu and Small Companies; K.Takeo The Response of Japanese Business to the Rise of China; O.Hideo Globalization and the Transfer of Japanese Management Methods; T.Yoshiaki Bretton Woods Institutions and Japan's Response: Past, Present and Future; A.Kenji Index