<P>1 Discursive power of "Silk Road" in China, Japan and South Korea's foreign policies toward Central Asia; 2 … maps for Uzbekistan; 6 The Chinese economic "offensive" in post-Karimov Uzbekistan; 7 Revisiting Japan's Silk Road master …This book analyzes initiatives and concepts initiated by China, Japan and South Korea (the Republic of Korea) toward …

The paper deals with the issue of how Japan is positioning itself in the emerging and contested field of international … connectivity is dominated by an attention on China's 2013 Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Japan has actually been engaged in … multinational corporations of Japan. One is tempted to speak of a "Silk Subway": Japan has always been a very important, but not …