Norms, Interests, and Power in Japanese Foreign Policy

Norms, Interests, and Power in Japanese Foreign Policy

Author: Y. Sato

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2008-10-13

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 0230615805

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This edited volume puts forth a theoretically and empirically rigorous analysis of Japanese foreign policy. Nine case studies on Japan's security, economic, and environmental policies in this volume examine how norms do or do not guide Japanese foreign policy and how they interact with interests and power.


Norms, Interests, and Power in Japanese Foreign Policy

Norms, Interests, and Power in Japanese Foreign Policy

Author: Y. Sato

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2008-11-17

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 9781403984487

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This edited volume puts forth a theoretically and empirically rigorous analysis of Japanese foreign policy. Nine case studies on Japan's security, economic, and environmental policies in this volume examine how norms do or do not guide Japanese foreign policy and how they interact with interests and power.


Routledge Handbook of Japanese Foreign Policy

Routledge Handbook of Japanese Foreign Policy

Author: Mary M. McCarthy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-02-19

Total Pages: 586

ISBN-13: 1317284917

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From a nuclear North Korea and territorial disputes in the East China Sea, to global climate change and Asia-Pacific free trade agreements, Japan is at the center of some of the most challenging issues that the world faces today. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, comprising contributions from the fields of politics, sociology, history, and gender studies, this handbook creates a comprehensive and innovative overview of the field, investigating the widening variety of interests, sometimes competing, that constitute Japanese foreign policy. Organized topically, it is divided into sections, including: • Japan’s evolving foreign policy landscape • Global environmental and sustainable development • International and national security • International political economy • International norms and civil society. Providing an evaluation of the key actors, institutions, and networks influencing Japanese foreign policy, the Routledge Handbook of Japanese Foreign Policy is an essential resource for students and scholars of Japanese and Asian Politics, International Relations, and Foreign Policy.


Japanese Foreign Policy in Asia and the Pacific

Japanese Foreign Policy in Asia and the Pacific

Author: A. Miyashita

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2001-11-16

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 0230107478

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Japanese Foreign Policy in Asia and the Pacific aims to provide a broadened framework for examining Japan's foreign policy making by looking at conversion and diversion of interests among Japanese and American policy actors. These include governmental and non-governmental as well as domestic and transnational actors. Utilizing this theoretical framework, the contributors examine the role of U.S. pressure and its interaction with Japan's domestic and Japan-based transnational actors' interests through geographically or thematically focused case studies from Asia and the Pacific regions.


Japan in International Politics

Japan in International Politics

Author: Thomas U. Berger

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13:

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How have shifts in both the international environment and domestic politics affected the trajectory of Japanese foreign policy? Does it still make sense to depict Japan as passive and reactive, or have the country's leaders become strategic and proactive? This book presents a nuanced picture of Japanese foreign policy, emphasizing the ways in which slow, adaptive changes, informed by pragmatic liberalism, have served the national interest.


Japanese Foreign Policy at the Crossroads

Japanese Foreign Policy at the Crossroads

Author: Yutaka Kawashima

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2003-10-16

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9780815796152

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The post–World War II paradigm that ensured security and prosperity for the Japanese people has lost much of its effectiveness. The current generation has become increasingly resentful of the prolonged economic stagnation and feels a sense of drift and uncertainty about the future of Japan's foreign policy. In J apanese Foreign Policy at the Crossroads, Yutaka Kawashima clarifies some of the defining parameters of Japan's past foreign policy and examines the challenges it currently faces, including the quagmire on the Korean Peninsula, the future of the U.S.-Japan alliance, the management of Japan-China relations, and Japan's relation with Southeast Asia. Kawashima—who, as vice minister of foreign affairs, was Japan's highest-ranking foreign service official—cautions Japan against attempts to ensure its own security and well-being outside of an international framework. He believes it is crucial that Japan work with as many like-minded countries as possible to construct a regional and international order based on shared interests and shared values. In an era of globalization, he cautions, such efforts will be crucial to maintaining global world order and ensuring civilized interaction among all states.


Status Power

Status Power

Author: Isa Ducke

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9780415933711

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This book examines recent developments in Japanese-Korean relations. Its aim is to show how "soft" issues like history consciousness or national identity have an impact on concrete policy decisions including security or economic matters which are traditionally considered more substantial foeign policy issues. The author develops the concept of status as based on either prestige of on a positive reputation, or moral authority. Cases studies illustrate the mechanisms in which status power is used for other ends, also in the policy areas of economy and security.


Limits to Power

Limits to Power

Author: Akitoshi Miyashita

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9780739106020

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Why does the Japanese government often alter its course of action under pressure from the United States, even when doing so apparently undermines Japan's own interests? Japan's marked responsiveness to U.S. preferences regarding foreign aid policy appears counterintuitive, since Japan's demonstrated capability to donate funds rivals and has previously surpassed that of the U.S. In Limits to Power, Akitoshi Miyashita posits that Japan's deference to the will of the U.S. results from Japan's continuing role as the more dependent partner in the two countries' interdependent diplomatic and economic relationship. Miyashita critically reviews the existing literature on Japanese foreign aid, then tests his own argument against five case studies. After analyzing critical junctures in Japan's history of foreign aid to China, Vietnam, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, he concludes that Japan's consistent sway under U.S. opinion reflects an act of will on Japan's part, rather than a lack of coherent policy stemming from bureaucratic politics. Limits to Power boldly challenges current arguments that Japan has successfully distanced itself from "reactive" politics.


Japanese Foreign Policy Today

Japanese Foreign Policy Today

Author: Takashi Inoguchi

Publisher: MacMillan

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780333915219

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As the 20th century closes, the military dimensions of power have receded while economic strength has gained muscle. The United States remains the leading world power, but across the Pacific, Japan has the world's second largest economy and great international economic clout. Some voices in the international arena have urged Japan to play more constructive and politically active roles in the international arena. This volume collects a series of essays analyzing the key issues in Japan's international relations as it heads toward a new world order: the pressing global and regional issues and their domestic implications; the actors; and major policy directions. The book brings together the leading specialists in the field of Japan's international relations to provide detail and interpretations on Japan's foreign policy.