Japanese Foreign Policy and Understanding Japanese Politics—The Writings of J. A. A. Stockwin

Presented in two volumes, roughly 50 pieces and an introductory essay comprise a reference of extraordinary depth, breadth, and authority. Stockwin was affiliated with the Australian National U., Canberra (1964 to 1981) and the U. of Oxford (1982-2003), and is now emeritus, but still active. His academic engagement with Japan spanned over 50 years, so he had a tall pile of writings to select from for this collection. Arrangement is thematic, as follows: Japanese foreign policy, Australia-Japan relations, democracy in Japan and Asia, Japanese politics, commentary on teaching and researching in Japanese studies, and the ongoing importance of Japan. Published by Global Oriental, an imprint of Brill. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Arthur Stockwin, OBE (awarded in 2009 for services to academic excellence and the promotion of UK-Japanese understanding), was formerly Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, from 1964 to 1981, then Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Studies and Director of the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies at the University of Oxford, from 1982 to 2003. At St Antony's College, Oxford, he was Professorial Fellow from 1982 to 2003, sub-warden from 1999 to 2001 and Emeritus Fellow from 2003 to the present. His life work in Japanese Studies was recognized by the Japanese Government in 2004 with the Order of the Rising Sun Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, and in 2009 he received the Japan Foundation Award for Japanese Studies and Intellectual Exchange. His major publications include The Japanese Socialist Party and Neutralism (1968), Japan: Divided Politics in a Growth Economy (1975, 4 edn [as Governing Japan: Divided Politics in a Resurgent Economy] 2008), Dynamic and Immobilist Politics in Japan (ed and part-author, 1988), The Establishment of the Japanese Constitutional System (by Junji Banno, trans 1992), The Story of Tim (1993), Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Japan (2003), Collected Writings of J. A. A. Stockwin (2004), and Thirty-Odd Feet Below Belgium: An Affair of Letters in the Great War, 1915-1916 (2005).