Ch. 1. A Framework for Analysing Japanese Policy Towards Southeast Asia -- Ch. 2. Post-war Japan's Re-entry into Southeast Asia -- Ch. 3. Japan's Policy Towards Regional Development -- Ch. 4. External Challenge and Changing Japan-Southeast Asia Relations, 1975-77 -- Ch. 5. A Changing Southeast Asia in Japanese Politics -- Ch. 6. Formulating the First Doctrine in Japanese Foreign Policy -- Ch. 7. Japan's ASEAN Policy, 1977-87 -- Ch. 8. Conclusion