1. The Motivation to Cooperate, Lead, and Follow -- 2. Japan's Economic Integration: Development Regions and the United States -- 3. Quantitative Analysis: The Latin American Debt Crisis and Japan's Official Financial Flows -- 4. Introduction to the Comparative Case Study of Latin America -- 5. Japan and the Latin American Debt Crisis -- 6. Japan in the Mexican Peso Crisis and Its Repercussions -- 7. Introduction to the Case Study of Asia -- 8. Japan and the United States in the Asian Financial Crisis Management -- Conclusion: International Cooperation and Financial Crisis Management.