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

该项目的目的是检查和分析美国。S. - -以安保条约为基础的日本安保关系，以期在21世纪新的安全环境中重新界定其作用和议程以及重新审视安全概念。此外，还研究了新制定的防卫相关法律对日本公民的公民自由和地方政府的管辖权的影响。为实现上述目标，定期举行了研究会议，在项目的3年期间共举行了20次会议。在最后一年和第三年，在冲绳成功地举办了一个由所有成员和受邀学者参加的研讨会，在会上提交了论文，并根据修改意见进行了充分讨论。传播研究成果是该项目的一个重要部分，因此这些会议的记录可在因特网上查阅。在冲绳研讨会期间，我们还在琉球大学举办了一次研讨会。这次研讨会由两大报社赞助，在早报上报道了研讨会的内容。此外，通过邀请学者参加会议，不仅在日本国内，而且在国外也努力建立和扩大学者网络。这些活动以及重要的缩微胶片文件和收集的文献将是进一步研究的重要资产。参与者的学术成就包括1本英文书，4本日文书，3本合著日文书，4篇合著英文书文章，7篇合著日文书文章，1本合著书籍，3篇学术期刊文章（英语和韩语），11篇日本学术期刊文章。8篇论文发表在期刊上，8篇其他文章。

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.