CONTROVERSIES OVER JAPAN

• FOLLOWER, “NORMAL” COUNTRY, OR “GLOBAL CIVILIAN POWER”?

• SELFISH, NEOMERCANTILIST STATE OR MODEL “CAPITALIST DEVELOPMENTAL STATE”?

• A GREAT POWER THAT SHOULD ACT LIKE ONE, OR A GREAT ECONOMY THAT MUST CREATE A NEW INTERNATIONAL ROLE?

• A RELIABLE ALLY OF THE U.S., OR A FREE RIDER?

• AN ACTIVIST FOREIGN POLICY (AND CONSTITUTIONAL REVISIONISM, RIVALRY WITH CHINA), OR CONTINUED ONE-NATION PACIFISM?