This volume examines Japanese and Korean politics from both Japanese and Korean angles, exploring why the two countries do not cooperate bilaterally or consult one another, despite their geographical closeness and a number of common features that are central to both countries' domestic politics and foreign policies.

Introduction: Are Japan and Korea Alone and Apart Each Other?; Takashi Inoguchi? JAPANESE POLITICS 1. Abenomics and Abegeopolitics; Takashi Inoguchi 2. Expansionary Monetary Policy Revised; Yutaka Harada 3. Return to the Liberal Democratic Party Dominance?; Cheol Hee Park 4. Japanese Realignment Impacting Korean-Japanese Relations; Seung-won Suh KOREAN POLITICS 5. South Korea's 2012 Presidential Election; Wan-Taek Kang 6. Transformation of Korean Developmental Capitalism; Jongryn Mo 7. Park Geun Hye's policy toward North Korea and Beyond; Satoru Miyamoto 8. Korean Parliamentary Politics; Yuki Asaba FOREIGN POLICY: JAPAN AND KOREA 9. Japanese Foreign Policy : Abe II and Beyond; Kazuhiko Togo 10. Korean Foreign Policy: Geun-hye Park Looks at China and North Korea; Chung-In Moon and Seung-Chan Boo 11. The Korea Peninsula and Japan: Global Money Flows as Framing International Relations; Takashi Inoguchi