Description: The aim of this book is to analyse the Japan-South Korean relationship from various angles such as politics, security, economics, culture and immigration issues and how the relationship is affected by the changing power relations in Northeast Asia.
Review Quotes:
"Marie Soderberg's edited volume is likely to become the standard reference for the study of contemporary Japan - South Korea relations... Soderberg's book is the most up to date and accurate analysis of Japan - South Korea relations in the post-cold war era marked by the rise of China and relative decline of the United States and by regional integration." - Lam Peng Er, National University of Singapore; Journal of Japanese Studies 39.1, 2013.
"...a volume filled with insight and sensitivity to a most complex relationship." - Robert Bedeski, Pacific Affairs: Volume 85, No. 1 - March 2012