European Union and Japan

The EU and Japan have one of the most important trade relationships in the world. Fittingly this book presents a detailed analysis of their bilateral regulatory environment and negotiation processes. Moreover the two polities have also co-operated extensively in bilateral and multilateral contexts on a range of global governance issues. Nevertheless the relationship is widely acknowledged to have significant untapped potential. Deploying the concept of civilian power the book takes a fresh honest and provocative look at this important relationship in a post-Fukushima post-sovereign debt crisis world.