1. ASEAN-Japan relations: the underpinning of East Asian peace and stability -- 2. ASEAN-Japan ties: a basis for cooperation -- 3. ASEAN as a regional actor -- 4. Japan as a regional actor -- 5. The evolution of ASEAN-Japan economic cooperation -- 6. East Asian regionalism and the ASEAN-Japan economic partnership -- 7. Laying the building blocks for a regional financial architecture -- 8. The future of ASEAN-Japan financial relations -- 9. Economic cooperation as a step toward an East Asian community -- 10. ASEAN's political and security relations with Japan -- 11. Japan's political and security relations with ASEAN -- 12. Social and cultural dimensions in East Asian community building -- 13. Japan, ASEAN and East Asia from an American perspective -- 14. The strategic environment: U.S. power and Asian regionalism -- 15. The ASEAN partnership with China and Japan