| Table of Contents |
| Preface |
Naoko Sajima |
ⅴ |
| Abbreviations |
ⅹ |
| Conference Organizing Committee in Japan |
ⅹⅱ |
| Program and photos |
ⅹⅲ |
| 1 |
Opening Remarks |
Michio Yamaoka |
1 |
| 2 |
Keynote speeches |
| a |
Japan / NZ Relations: Past, Present and Future The Old Samurai and New Samurai |
Ian Kennedy |
9 |
| b |
Japan and New Zealand 160 Years |
Tetsuya Endo |
23 |
| c |
New Zealand Studies in Japan: Footprints and Prospects |
Ryuji Komatsu |
35 |
| 3 |
Monographs |
| PART 1Politics, Diplomacy and International Security |
| a |
Tacking towards the centre: winning elections in New Zealand and Japan |
Stephen Levine |
49 |
| b |
Wooing Island Pals: Japan, China and New Zealand in the South Pacific |
Xin Chen |
79 |
| c |
New Zealand's Relations with Japan and Korea:A Comparative Analysis |
Mark Pearson |
103 |
| PART 2 Economy and Welfare |
| a |
An International Comparison of University Students’ Understanding of Economics: Japan and New Zealand |
Michio Yamaoka and Steven Lim |
123 |
| b |
Economic Policy and Cultural Well-Being:The New Zealand Experience |
Paul Dalziel, Gillis Maclean and Caroline Saunders |
139 |
| PART 3 Cultural Exchange and Immigration |
| a |
Japanese “Long term stayers:” using their experiences in New Zealand to help resolve declining Japanese tourist numbers |
Charles Johnston |
173 |
| b |
New Zealanders and Japan, 1998-2008, in global context |
Malcolm McKinnon |
201 |
| Contributors |
216 |
| Editors |
222 |
| Index |
224 |
