The Courteous power : Japan and Southeast Asia in the Indo-Pacific Era

1 | From the Fukuda Doctrine to the FOIP: The Evolution of Japanese Engagement in Southeast Asia  1

John D. Ciorciari and Kiyoteru Tsutsui

Part I: Relations on the International Political Plane

2 | Japan as the Key to Southeast Asian Diversification 25

John D. Ciorciari

3 | Japan’s Defense and Security Cooperation in Southeast Asia: Developing Security Networks, Capacities, and Institutions  54

Ken Jimbo

4 | Wedge Strategies, Japan–ASEAN Cooperation, and the Making of the EAS: Implications for Indo-Pacific Institutionalization 73

Kei Koga

5 | Japan’s Relations with ASEAN: Unity and Diversity in a Changing Regional Environment  97

Shaun Narine

6 | Not Quite a Follower: ASEAN’s Response to Japan’s Regional Initiatives 120

Kalvin Fung

Part II: Development, Culture, and the Roles of Non-State Actors

7 | From Japan Inc. to the FOIP: The Evolving Role of Japanese Businesses in Japan’s Southeast Asia Policy 149

Kitti Prasirtsuk

8 | The Japanese Business Community as a Diplomatic Asset and the 2014 Thai Coup d’État  172

Nobuhiro Aizawa

9 | Japan’s NGOs and Effective Development Cooperation in Mekong Countries 197

Siriporn Wajjwalku

10 | Japan–Southeast Asia Engagements on the Ground: Japanese Women in Southeast Asia 223

Leng Leng Thang and Mika Toyota

11 | Revisiting “Cool Japan”: The Southeast Asian Gaze toward Japanese Manga and Anime  248

Karl Ian Uy Cheng Chua

12 | Japan as a Courteous Power: Continuity and Change in the Indo-Pacific Era  277

John D. Ciorciari and Kiyoteru Tsutsui