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This paper examines the impact of 'the rise of China' on the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and its implications for Japan. Japan has traditionally enjoyed a dominant position in the Bank, as it has enjoyed a dominant position in Asia. However, with the balance of power in the region tipping in China's favour, one might expect that this would be reflected in the ADB as well. This paper argues that despite the worsening Sino-Japanese relationship, the ADB has facilitated the development and maintenance of shared expectations between the two parties over the future direction of development assistance, representing an oasis of liberal institutionalism in a relationship increasingly characterised in realist terms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the Yomiuri shimbun's portrayals of China during the Cultural Revolution of the early and mid-1970s to demonstrate the process by which Japanese journalists 'domesticated' foreign coverage. It argues that Japanese reporting on China was framed by the fundamentally Japanese questions: 'who are we?' and 'what do we stand for as Japanese?' The paper demonstrates how norms and structural changes mutually reinforce each other and jointly shape foreign coverage. In doing so, it historicizes the current animosity between Japan and China, and reveals how the commercial nature of the media and patterns of production render journalistic objectivity practically impossible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper assesses the impact of recent upgrades in security ties between Australia and Japan and their implications for the bilateral relationship. In particular, the development and future of the Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation (JDSC) is assessed. It is argued that former Prime Ministers Abe and Howard encouraged the enhancement of security ties to unprecedented new highs, but that the rise of China and leadership change in Japan and Australia in 2007 will make the prospects of a full security treaty unlikely. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]