Edited by Eiji Ogawa, Professor, Faculty of Economics, Tokyo Keizai University, Japan, Kolja Raube, Associate Professor for European Governance and EU External Action, Faculty of Social Sciences, Director of the Centre for European Studies and Senior Member, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven, Dimitri Vanoverbeke, Professor and Director, Department of East Asian and Arabic Studies, KU Leuven and Jan Wouters, Full Professor of International Law and International Organizations, Jean Monnet Chair ad personam EU and Global Governance and Director, Institute for International Law and Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven, Belgiumwith Camille Van der Vorst, Center for Economics and Corporate Sustainability, KU Leuven, Belgium

‘For anyone interested in understanding power politics and what is happening in the world, this book is good background reading on a relationship that has become more important to global governance not only in the field of economics and trade but also when it comes to other issues such as security and international politics.’

• Contents:1. Introduction to Japan, the European Union and global governance: settingthe scene 1Eiji Ogawa, Kolja Raube, Camille Van der Vorst, DimitriVanoverbeke and Jan WoutersPART I SITUATING EU–JAPAN COOPERATION INGLOBAL GOVERNANCE2. The EU’s commitment to multilateralism in times ofcontestation: reshaping EU–Japan relations? 20Kolja Raube, Alex Andrione-Moylan and Jan Wouters3. Multilateralism and global governance: Japan in the WorldBank, the G7 and G20 summits 44Ryo OshibaPART II THE EU AND JAPAN IN GLOBALECONOMIC GOVERNANCE BETWEENCOOPERATION AND CONFLICT4. The dynamics of the EU–Japan relationship and divergentdiscourses on economic governance 65Dimitri Vanoverbeke and Camille Van der Vorst5. The non-tariff barriers of the EU–Japan EPA 87Camille Van der Vorst6. International production networks and required new globalgovernance: mega-FTAs and the WTO 112Fukunari Kimura7. EU–Japan cooperation in international trade governance:from the QUAD to JEEPA 123Ines Willemyns and Jan Wouters8. Regional monetary and financial cooperation for crisisprevention and management: East Asia vs the EU 162Eiji Ogawa and Michiru SakanePART III EU–JAPAN COOPERATION IN SELECTEDFIELDS OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE9. Security governance in regional and global governance –Japan and the EU 178Michael Reiterer10. Multilevel protection of fundamental rights in Europe andits impact on Asia 201Yumiko NakanishiIndex 224

Edited by Eiji Ogawa, Professor, Faculty of Economics, Tokyo Keizai University, Japan, Kolja Raube, Associate Professor for European Governance and EU External Action, Faculty of Social Sciences, Director of the Centre for European Studies and Senior Member, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven, Dimitri Vanoverbeke, Professor and Director, Department of East Asian and Arabic Studies, KU Leuven and Jan Wouters, Full Professor of International Law and International Organizations, Jean Monnet Chair ad personam EU and Global Governance and Director, Institute for International Law and Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven, Belgiumwith Camille Van der Vorst, Center for Economics and Corporate Sustainability, KU Leuven, Belgium

‘For anyone interested in understanding power politics and what is happening in the world, this book is good background reading on a relationship that has become more important to global governance not only in the field of economics and trade but also when it comes to other issues such as security and international politics.’

• Contents:1. Introduction to Japan, the European Union and global governance: settingthe scene 1Eiji Ogawa, Kolja Raube, Camille Van der Vorst, DimitriVanoverbeke and Jan WoutersPART I SITUATING EU–JAPAN COOPERATION INGLOBAL GOVERNANCE2. The EU’s commitment to multilateralism in times ofcontestation: reshaping EU–Japan relations? 20Kolja Raube, Alex Andrione-Moylan and Jan Wouters3. Multilateralism and global governance: Japan in the WorldBank, the G7 and G20 summits 44Ryo OshibaPART II THE EU AND JAPAN IN GLOBALECONOMIC GOVERNANCE BETWEENCOOPERATION AND CONFLICT4. The dynamics of the EU–Japan relationship and divergentdiscourses on economic governance 65Dimitri Vanoverbeke and Camille Van der Vorst5. The non-tariff barriers of the EU–Japan EPA 87Camille Van der Vorst6. International production networks and required new globalgovernance: mega-FTAs and the WTO 112Fukunari Kimura7. EU–Japan cooperation in international trade governance:from the QUAD to JEEPA 123Ines Willemyns and Jan Wouters8. Regional monetary and financial cooperation for crisisprevention and management: East Asia vs the EU 162Eiji Ogawa and Michiru SakanePART III EU–JAPAN COOPERATION IN SELECTEDFIELDS OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE9. Security governance in regional and global governance –Japan and the EU 178Michael Reiterer10. Multilevel protection of fundamental rights in Europe andits impact on Asia 201Yumiko NakanishiIndex 224

Edited by Eiji Ogawa, Professor, Faculty of Economics, Tokyo Keizai University, Japan, Kolja Raube, Associate Professor for European Governance and EU External Action, Faculty of Social Sciences, Director of the Centre for European Studies and Senior Member, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven, Dimitri Vanoverbeke, Professor and Director, Department of East Asian and Arabic Studies, KU Leuven and Jan Wouters, Full Professor of International Law and International Organizations, Jean Monnet Chair ad personam EU and Global Governance and Director, Institute for International Law and Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven, Belgiumwith Camille Van der Vorst, Center for Economics and Corporate Sustainability, KU Leuven, Belgium

‘For anyone interested in understanding power politics and what is happening in the world, this book is good background reading on a relationship that has become more important to global governance not only in the field of economics and trade but also when it comes to other issues such as security and international politics.’

• Contents:1. Introduction to Japan, the European Union and global governance: settingthe scene 1Eiji Ogawa, Kolja Raube, Camille Van der Vorst, DimitriVanoverbeke and Jan WoutersPART I SITUATING EU–JAPAN COOPERATION INGLOBAL GOVERNANCE2. The EU’s commitment to multilateralism in times ofcontestation: reshaping EU–Japan relations? 20Kolja Raube, Alex Andrione-Moylan and Jan Wouters3. Multilateralism and global governance: Japan in the WorldBank, the G7 and G20 summits 44Ryo OshibaPART II THE EU AND JAPAN IN GLOBALECONOMIC GOVERNANCE BETWEENCOOPERATION AND CONFLICT4. The dynamics of the EU–Japan relationship and divergentdiscourses on economic governance 65Dimitri Vanoverbeke and Camille Van der Vorst5. The non-tariff barriers of the EU–Japan EPA 87Camille Van der Vorst6. International production networks and required new globalgovernance: mega-FTAs and the WTO 112Fukunari Kimura7. EU–Japan cooperation in international trade governance:from the QUAD to JEEPA 123Ines Willemyns and Jan Wouters8. Regional monetary and financial cooperation for crisisprevention and management: East Asia vs the EU 162Eiji Ogawa and Michiru SakanePART III EU–JAPAN COOPERATION IN SELECTEDFIELDS OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE9. Security governance in regional and global governance –Japan and the EU 178Michael Reiterer10. Multilevel protection of fundamental rights in Europe andits impact on Asia 201Yumiko NakanishiIndex 224