Security in the Asia-Pacific and the U.S. -Japan Security System in the 21^<st> Century

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The project intended to examine and analyze the U. S. -Japan security relations based on the security treaty, with a view to redefining its role and agenda as well as reexamining the concept of security In the new security environment of the 21 st century. It also aimed to examine the influences of the newly enacted defense-related laws upon civil liberties of the citizens and the jurisdiction of local governments in Japan.Study meetings were regularly held to achieve the above objectives, with the total of twenty meetings during the 3-year period of the project. In the last and third year, a workshop attended by all the members and invited scholars was successfully held in Okinawa where papers ware presented and fully discussed with their revisions in mind. Dissemination of the research was an important part of the project, so that proceedings of those meetings were made available on the internet. During the Okinawa workshop we also organized a symposium held at Ryukyu University. It was sponsored by the two major newspaper companies which reported the contents of the symposium in the morning papers.In addition, an effort was made to establish and expand the network of scholars not only in Japan but also in foreign countries through the invited scholars to the meetings. These activities as well as the important microfilm documents and collected literature will be important assets for further research. The academic accomplishments of the participants include one English book, 4 Japanese books, 3 co-authored Japanese books, 4 articles in co-authored English books, 7 articles in co-authored Japanese books, one co-edited book, 3 articles in scholarly journal (English and Korean), 11 in Japanese scholarly journals. 8 articles in refereed journals and 8 other articles.