Intimate rivals : Japanese domestic politics and a rising China

Preface ................................................................................................ ix

Acknowledgments ............................................................................... xiii

Abbreviations ...................................................................................... xvii

1.      Contending with China ............................................................ 1

2.      Diplomacy and Domestic Interests .........................................17

3.      Japan’s Imperial Veterans ..................................................... 57

4.      A Shared Maritime Boundary .............................................. 101

5.      Food Safety .........................................................................146

6.      Island Defense ....................................................................188

Conclusion .................................................................................... 237

Notes ..............................................................................................265

Bibliography ...................................................................................333

Index ............................................................................................. 347