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Frattolillo, Oliviero.

Diplomacy in Japan-EU relations : from the Cold War to the post-bipolar era / Oliviero Frattolillo.

pages cm. – (Routledge contemporary Japan series)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. European Union countries–Foreign relations–Japan. 2. Japan–Foreign relations–European Union countries. I. Title.

D1065.J3F73 2013

341.242′20952–dc23

2012050429

ISBN: 978-0-415-83368-4 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-0-203-36278-5 (ebk)