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"Japan and China have a long history of environmental cooperation. In recent years, economicpotential of environmental industry has been well recognized, besides the requirement of environmental protection. Both Japan and China have incorporated green growth into their dominant national strategies and set up high priority for promoting environment and energy relatedindustries, which serves as the background for further mutually beneficial cooperation. In thisarticle, we reviewed the history and found that Japan-China environmental cooperation hasdeveloped from government-oriented stage to business-oriented stage. It is more stable againstthe complex and volatile international political situation; but stable intergovernmental rela-tionship is one of the key factors for initiating environmental cooperation projects. Later, wediscussed the opportunities and challenges for Japan-China environmental cooperation con-sidering the roles of state actor and business power. A systematic scheme was concluded toanalyze the critical factors and dynamic relations for environmental cooperation and business.Business power has been exerting more and more influence on international and domestic environmental politics. Due to the political limitation of state actors, business power is expectedto be more active in promoting stable and sustainable cooperation. Moreover, environmentalcooperation could also be a key to mitigating the political tensions between Japan and China."

"This paper examines the economic and political economic conditions for East Asian monetary integration, with a focus on Japan's role in order to explain why East Asia is faltering in forming a regional monetary bloc. My evaluation of economic conditions in terms of self-containment of a regional economy, optimum currency area criteria (micro-economic efficiency and macro-economic stability), and seignorage revenue suggests that East Asian countries seem to be as well suited as EU countries for monetary integration. However, significant political barriers remain in East Asia. Besides rivalry between Japan and China and the lasting influence of the US in the region, Japan's ambiguous and burden-avoiding attitude towards East Asian monetary integration adds a further barrier to the process."

"The Institute of Developing Economies-JapanExternal Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO)organized a symposium in December 2008 on the theme ,“Engaging East Asian Integration :States ,Markets and the Movement of People ”.It was held in the wake of the Lehman Brothers collapse and in the midst of the deepening global financial crisis that originated in the United States .The crisis reminded us of other historic events that marked turning points in the history of East Asian region making .One was the Plaza Accord in 1985 which marked the beginning of the region ’s economic development and regionalization .The yen appreciated enormously in the wake of the Plaza Accord ,forcing Japanese firms —above all."