ABSTRACT
From this section onwards, this study conducts a detailed investigation of Japan’s diplomacy in the ARF. The aim of this section is to examine how Japan attempted to develop the ARF process along with its conceptions of a regional security institution discussed in Chapter 2 and to what extent the ARF could meet its expectations. This investigation also sheds lights on the problems and difficulties that arise with the process of security institution-building in the Asia-Pacific region.
