A detailed study of Japan's role in the peace settlement of the Cambodian issue is important as it was one of the earliest political efforts made by Tokyo in a region which had been known for its antipathy to Japan due to the strong historical memories of the Second World War. Southeast Asia posed one of the most serious challenges to Japan's post-war diplomacy which had to wrestle not only with the bitter legacies of the war, but also with the rigours of the Cold War rivalry.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR K V Kesavan
A leading Indian scholar in the field of Japanese Studies, K.V. Kesavan is currently a distinguished fellow at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. He is in charge of the Japanese Studies programme at ORF. He was Professor of Japanese Studies at the Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, for over 30 years. Author of several books on Japan, he has also written numerous research papers in Indian and foreign academic journals on Japan's foreign policy and domestic politics. He has been a Visiting Professor/Fellow at many unversities in Japan and the US. In 2001, he received the Japanese Foreign Minister's Commendation Award for his contribution to closer understanding between India and Japan.
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