Contributors

CONTRIBUTORS Jennifer Amyx is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research has addressed the poli­ tics of regulation and reform in Japanese finance and regional financial cooperation in East Asia. Her recent publications include Japan's Financial Crisis: Institutional Rigidity and Reluctant Change (Princeton University Press, 2004) and the edited volume, Japanese Governance: Beyond Japan, Inc. (with Peter Drysdale; RoutledgeCurzon Press, 2003). (E-mail:jamyx@sas.upenn.edu) Peter D. Feaver is the Alexander F. Hehmeyer Professor of Politi­ cal Science and Public Policy at Duke University and Director of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies (TISS). He has written several books on American civil-military relations, most recently Armed Servants (Harvard University Press, 2003) and Choosing Your Battles (Princeton University Press, 2004, co-authored with Christopher Gelpi). He is presently directing a research project looking at the willingness of the American public to pay the human costs of war. (E-mail: peter.feaver@duke.edu) Takako Hikotani is Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the National Defense Academy. Her research is currently focusing on comparative civil-military relations, especially the origins and evo­ lution of civil-military relations in postwar Japan, which is the sub­ ject of her recent articles. She is working toward her Ph.D. degree at Columbia University, where she was President's Fellow and Weatherhead Fellow. (E-mail: takakohikotani@hotmail.com) Masato Kimura is Professor at the Department of Business Administration, Bunkyo University, Tokyo. He is concurrently the director of the Shibusawa Ei'ichi Memorial Foundation, Research Department. His publications include Foreign Correspondents in Tokyo, co-authored with Masayuki Tadokoro (NHK Publications, 1998), and Zaikai (Business World) Network and Japan-United States Diplomatic History (Yamanaka Shuppan, 1997). (E-mail: kimur66@ attglobal.net) Lam Peng-Er is a Senior Research Fellow at the East Asian Insti­ tute, National University of Singapore. His research interests include Japan's political role in Asia, especially peace building in conflict-torn areas, and political change in Japan. His latest edited book is titled Japan's Relations with China: Facing a Rising Power (London: Routledge, forthcoming). (E-mail: eailampe@nus.edu.sg) Gil Latz is Vice Provost for International Affairs and Professor of East Asian Geography at Portland State University, where he spe­ cializes in the economic and political geography of Japan. His research has focused on: regional development policy and sustain­ able resource management, international trade, and educational video development. Dr. Latz is editor of Asian Perspective. His most recent publication, with Koide Izumi, is Challenges for Japan: Democracy, Finance, International Relations, Gender (The Internation­ al House of Japan, for the Shibusawa Ei'ichi Memorial Foundation, 2003). (E-mail: latzg@pdx.edu) Kap Yun Lee is Professor of Political Science and dean of the School of Social Science at Sogang University in Seoul. His research interests include parties and party system and voting behavior in Korea and Japan. His most recent book is Regionalism in Korean Elections Since Democratization (Oreum, 2000). (E-mail: kyunlee@ sogang.ac.kr) Catherine Lu is Assistant Professor of Political Science at McGill University in Montreal. For the 2004-2005 academic year she is a faculty fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University. Her articles have appeared in The Journal of Political Philosophy, Ethics and International Affairs, International Studies Review, International Relations, and Review of International Studies. Her current book project is on problems ofjustice and recon­ ciliation after international war, atrocity, and oppression. (E-mail: catherine.lu@staff.mcgill.ca) Toshihiro Menju is Chief Program Officer at the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE). At JCIE he has been in charge of research on grassroots international exchange activities. Mr. Menju is author of Ibunka Taiken Nyiimon (Introduction to Experiencing Multi-Culture) (Akashi Shoten, 2003) and co-editor of numerous books, including Japan's Road to Pluralism (JCIE, 2003). He teaches at Shizuoka University of Art and Culture as adjunct lecturer and will teach at Keio University starting 2005. (E-mail: tmenju@jcie. or.jp) Mari Miura is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Law, Sophia University. Her research examines how party poli­ tics shape the development of welfare states. Her recent...