Dr Steven Wright is an Associate Professor of International Relations and an Associate Dean for Student Affairs in the College Humanities and Social Sciences at Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar. Dr Satoru Nakamura is a Professor at Kobe University, Japan. He is also a research fellow at IHEID (Institut de Hautes Etudes Internationales et du Devèloppement, 2015) and visiting scholar to the College of Law and Politics at King Saud University (2015).

• Introduction and Theory.- Chapter 1: Introduction and Theoretical Framework.- Japan’s Relations with the Gulf-Region.- Chapter 2: Qatar-Japan Relations.- Chapter 3: Saudi Arabia-Japan Relations.- Chapter 4: The UAE and Japan.- Chapter 5: Iran and Japan.- Japan’s Relations with the Wider Middle East.- Chapter 6: Egypt and Japan relations.- Chapter 7: Turkey-Japan relations.- Chapter 8: Israel-Japan relations.- Key Contextual Themes.- Chapter 9: LNG market and supply: Middle East and Japan.- Chapter 10: Oil market and supply.- Chapter 11: Investment promotion.- Chapter 12: Japan’s security and diplomacy in the Middle East.- Concluding Observations.- Chapter 13: Conclusion: Synchronicity, Variety, and Dynamics in the Relations between the Middle East countries and Japan.

Dr Steven Wright is an Associate Professor of International Relations and an Associate Dean for Student Affairs in the College Humanities and Social Sciences at Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar. Dr Satoru Nakamura is a Professor at Kobe University, Japan. He is also a research fellow at IHEID (Institut de Hautes Etudes Internationales et du Devèloppement, 2015) and visiting scholar to the College of Law and Politics at King Saud University (2015).

• Introduction and Theory.- Chapter 1: Introduction and Theoretical Framework.- Japan’s Relations with the Gulf-Region.- Chapter 2: Qatar-Japan Relations.- Chapter 3: Saudi Arabia-Japan Relations.- Chapter 4: The UAE and Japan.- Chapter 5: Iran and Japan.- Japan’s Relations with the Wider Middle East.- Chapter 6: Egypt and Japan relations.- Chapter 7: Turkey-Japan relations.- Chapter 8: Israel-Japan relations.- Key Contextual Themes.- Chapter 9: LNG market and supply: Middle East and Japan.- Chapter 10: Oil market and supply.- Chapter 11: Investment promotion.- Chapter 12: Japan’s security and diplomacy in the Middle East.- Concluding Observations.- Chapter 13: Conclusion: Synchronicity, Variety, and Dynamics in the Relations between the Middle East countries and Japan.

Dr Steven Wright is an Associate Professor of International Relations and an Associate Dean for Student Affairs in the College Humanities and Social Sciences at Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar. Dr Satoru Nakamura is a Professor at Kobe University, Japan. He is also a research fellow at IHEID (Institut de Hautes Etudes Internationales et du Devèloppement, 2015) and visiting scholar to the College of Law and Politics at King Saud University (2015).

• Introduction and Theory.- Chapter 1: Introduction and Theoretical Framework.- Japan’s Relations with the Gulf-Region.- Chapter 2: Qatar-Japan Relations.- Chapter 3: Saudi Arabia-Japan Relations.- Chapter 4: The UAE and Japan.- Chapter 5: Iran and Japan.- Japan’s Relations with the Wider Middle East.- Chapter 6: Egypt and Japan relations.- Chapter 7: Turkey-Japan relations.- Chapter 8: Israel-Japan relations.- Key Contextual Themes.- Chapter 9: LNG market and supply: Middle East and Japan.- Chapter 10: Oil market and supply.- Chapter 11: Investment promotion.- Chapter 12: Japan’s security and diplomacy in the Middle East.- Concluding Observations.- Chapter 13: Conclusion: Synchronicity, Variety, and Dynamics in the Relations between the Middle East countries and Japan.