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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abstract -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The Global Environment and Japan -- Objectives of this study -- The global environment in international affairs: Japan's interests and goals -- The case studies: whaling, deforestation in the tropics and acid deposition in Asia -- Whaling -- Deforestation in the tropics -- Acid deposition in Asia. -- Structure of the study -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Theory and Methodology -- Complex interdependence, regimes and two-level games -- "Complex interdependence" -- Regimes, issue areas, and national interests -- Two-level games theory model -- Decision making: the bureaucratic politics model and Japan's foreign policy -- The bureaucratic politics model -- Decision making and Japan's foreign policy -- Methodology -- Notes -- Chapter 3: The Global Environment in Japanese Politics and the Major Domestic Policy Actors -- Evolution of environmental issues in Japanese domestic politics -- The Japanese government bureaucracy -- Japanese government bureaucracy -- Environment Agency o f Japan (JEA) -- Ministry o f Finance (MoF). -- M inistry o f International Trade an d Industry -- Ministry o f Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry -- Ministry o f Foreign Affairs -- Japanese politicians -- Japanese business and industry -- Non-governmental organizations -- Japanese academia -- Think tanks" or policy studies research institutes -- The Japanese mass media -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Whaling -- Modern whaling: a history and its present-day controversy -- The whaling controversy and Japan's whaling policies -- The international regime for whaling -- ICRW and IWC: purpose and organization -- From "whalers' club" to anti-whaling lobby

Program extending assistance to promote cultural, educational, technical, and other exchanges.

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