Japan and the recurrent nuclear crisis / Tsuneo Akaha -- The rationales behind North Korean foreign policy / Han S. Park -- Seoul's policy toward Pyongyang : strategic culture and the negligibility of Japan / Balbina Y. Hwang -- US North Korea policy : the "Japan factor" / Yoichiro Sato -- Chinese North Korea policy : a secondary role for Japan / Quansheng Zhao -- Russian North Korea policy : old conflicts obstacle for Russo-Japanese cooperation / Alexander Zhebin -- The EU's North Korea policy : no trace of Japanese influence / Rodiger Frank -- Japan and multilateralism in the North Korean nuclear crisis : road map or dead end? / Christopher W. Hughes
