"Does Japan have a grand strategy? Is Japan capable of grand strategy? In the postwar period, Japan aligned with United States and focused on economic growth. Today, Japan faces challenges from a rising China and constrained economic growth requiring new tools of statecraft. In this volume, five Japanese experts address these issues, highlighting areas for enhanced U.S.-Japan cooperation--at a time when the United States needs a confident and proactive Japan, and Japan needs sustained American engagement in a changing Asia-Pacific region"--Back cover.