{"product_id":"japanese-society-and-the-politics-of-the-north-korean-threat-hardback-9781442630345","title":"Japanese Society and the Politics of the North Korean Threat (Hardback) 9781442630345","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJapanese Society and the Politics of the North Korean Threat\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSeung Hyok Lee (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442630345\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 February 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16.5 x 1.3 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Seung Hyok Lee\u0026amp;#x2019;s succinct and readable book analyzes the significant consequences of the abductions issue for Japan\u0026amp;#x2019;s foreign and security policy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Celeste L. Arrington, George Washington University (Journal of Japanese Studies, vol 45:1)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1998 and in 2006, North Korea conducted ballistic missile tests that landed dangerously close to Japan. In the first case, the North Korean tests provoked only Japanese alarm and severely constrained action. In the second, the tests led to unilateral economic sanctions – the first time since the end of the Second World War that Japan has used coercion against a neighboring state. What explains this dramatic shift in policy choice?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeung Hyok Lee argues that the 2006 sanctions were not a strategic response to the missile tests, but a reflection of changing public attitudes towards North Korea – the result of the shocking revelation that the North Koreans had abducted at least seventeen Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 80s and secretly held them prisoner for decades. \u003cem\u003eJapanese Society and the Politics of the North Korean Threat\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book on this development in English and a valuable case study of public opinion’s increasing influence on Japanese security policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  Chapter 2: Relations after The First Missile Launch\u003cbr\u003e  Chapter 3: Relations prior to Koizumi’s Visit to Pyongyang\u003cbr\u003e  Chapter 4: Japan-North Korea Relations 2002–2004\u003cbr\u003e  Chapter 5: Relations 2004–2006: Unilateral Sanctions Debates\u003cbr\u003e  Chapter 6: Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52743044170008,"sku":"9781442630345","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/japanese-society-and-the-politics-of-the-north-korean-threat-hardback-9781442630345","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}