China and Japan in geopolitical and geostrategical games

Today we are at a time when the geopolitical scene of the world is disputing the supremacy and the interests of many states some of them being the great winners of the Second World War others not. Immediately after the war the states underwent a vast process of rehabilitation and engagement in a race to regain a regional or international power status such as China and Japan with a clear competition. Between the two there is a multitude of similarities and differences evidenced by the demographic territorial historical characteristics including their strengths being on the one hand two regional powers and the other two world powers. The present book is based on the collection and analysis of statistical data on the two countries as well as a qualitative component focused on the analysis of variables such as geographical location history language culture economy.