Introduction Risk and security in Japan: from the international to the societal

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Acknowledgements The authors of this special issue would like to thank Andrew DeWit for inviting us to an international workshop on the ‘Political Economy of Risk’ at Rikkyo University, 10–11 November 2007, where earlier drafts of these articles were presented, and all of the workshop participants for their comments. Warm thanks are also due to the anonymous reviewers for their constructive suggestions for revisions and to Paul Midford for shepherding this issue to press. Glenn D. Hook is the Toshiba International Foundation Anniversary Research Professor of Japanese Politics and International Relations in the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield, and Director of the National Institute of Japanese Studies, UK. His research interests are in Japanese politics, international relations and security, particularly in relation to East Asia. His recent work includes: Ending the Postwar in Japan: Structure, Actors, Norms and Challenges (co-editor, Routledge, 2010); Japan's International Relations: Politics, Economics and Security, 2nd edn (co-author, Routledge, 2005); and Contested Governance in Japan: Sites and Issues (editor, 2005, RoutledgeCurzon). He may be contacted at: g.hook@sheffield.ac.uk.