Acknowledgments - Hidekazu Sakai: Introduction: Is Japan Falling or Rerising? - Thomas S. Wilkins: Japan's New Grand Strategy: "Proactive Realism" in the Face of an "Increasingly Severe" Security Environment - Michael R. Porter: The Japan-China-U.S. Triangle: Japan's Response and Prospects for the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance - Keiko Hirata: Japanese Nationalism and Foreign Policy - Philip Streich: Japan's Civil Society: A Source of Strength - Paul Midford: Do Changes in Governing Party Lead to Changes in Foreign Policy? Evidence from Japan - Kivilcim Erkan: Contending State Identities and Japan's Policy toward the "War on Terror" in Afghanistan (2001-2010): From a "Normal State" to an "Autonomous Civilian Power" - Charly von Solms: Japanese Foreign Policy and East Asian Regionalism: Inherently Interlinked - Lindsay Black: "Private Sector Diplomacy" in Sino-Japanese Relations - Kuniko Ashizawa: Joining the New Great Game? Japan's Quest for Region Building in Central Asia - Yoichiro Sato: Conclusion: Abe's Japan-Manifestation of a Quiet Transformation in Power and Values - Selected Bibliography - Index.