Ⅰ General Report
1 Japan’s Accelerating“Overall Normalization”under Abe Administration: The Review and Forecast of Japan’s Situation (2013-2014)【Li Wei,Yang Bojiang】/001
Ⅱ Political and Security Reports
2 Japan’s Parliamentary Elections and the Impacts on Japanese Party Politics【Zhang Boyu】/017
3 The Constitutional Amendment of LDP and the Debate among Japanese Political Parties in the Context of Political Right Deviation【He Xiaosong】/036
4 Legal Analysis of Abe’s Campaign to Revise Japan’s Constitution【Zhang Xiaolei】/055
5 Japan’s NSC:Developing Progress and Prospects【Zhang Yong】/071
6 Trends and Prospects of Japan’s Military Rise【Wu Huaizhong】/083
Ⅲ Foreign Affairs Reports
7 Japan’s Diplomatic Strategy and Adjusting Foreign Policy【Lyu Yaodong】/101
8 Reviewing Sino-Japanese Relations in 2013【Sun Cheng】/118
9 New Trends of Japan’s Policy towards Taiwan in 2013【Wu Wanhong】/136
10 New Trends of Japan’s Diplomacy in Southeast Asia in 2013【Chang Sichun】/150
11 The Concept of Indo-Pacific in Japan’s Foreign Policy and Development of Japan-India and Japan-Australia Relations【Lu Hao】/168
12 Japan’s Energy Diplomacy in 2013【Pang Zhongpeng】/186
Ⅳ Economic and Social Reports
13 Analysis of“Abenomics”and Japan’s Macro-economic Situation【Liu Rui】/207
14 Trends and Prospects of Japan’s Participation in the Regional Economic Integration【Xu Mei,Bai Ruchun】/225
15 The Runaway Constitutional Amendment under the Second Abe Administration and Counteraction from Japanese People: Commenting on Trends of Japanese Social Thought in 2013【Xiao Sen yangyi,Dao Cunhui】/240
16 Japan’s Reform of Social Security in 2013【Wang Wei】/257
17 Japan’s Smart Power in Tokyo’s Winning the Bid for 2020 Olympics【Zhang Jianli】/270
18 Situation and Prospects of Fukushima Nuclear Accident【Jin Ying, Chen Tonghua】/285
19 Trends of Japanese Overseas Memorial Activities【Tang Yongliang】/304
Ⅴ Appendix
20 Chronicles of Events of Japan in 2013
【Zhang Xiaolei, Chang Sichun, Dai Hongguang and Wu Xian】/316
Description:
The Blue Book of Japan: Annual Report on Research of Japan (2014)is jointly published by Chinese Association for Japanese Studies, the Institute of Japanese Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Social Sciences Academic Press. It is a yearly academic achievement by the research staff of the Institute of Japanese Studies, as well as some other Chinese and Japanese researchers in related fields of Japanese studies.
The book, consisting of the parts of the general report, political and security reports, foreign relations reports, economic and social reports and the appendix, focuses on issues such as Japan's “normalization” under Abe administration and Sino-Japanese relations in the context of the dispute over Diaoyu Islands, provides a overall review and analysis of Japan's politics, security, foreign relations, economy and society in 2013, and a forecast of their trends in 2014. The book also includes Japan's major events in 2013.