Understanding the Effect of Japanese National Identity on Foreign Policy in the 21st Century
Author: Michael John Henderson
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13:
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Japan's National Identity and Foreign Policy
Author: Alexander Bukh
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010-10-18
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 1134058357
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Japan's National Identity and Foreign Policy, Alexander Bukh focuses on the construction of the Japanese self using Russia as the other, examining the history of bilateral relations and comparisons between the Russian and Japanese national character.
Press Images, National Identity, and Foreign Policy
Author: Catherine A. Luther
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780415932189
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work examines how national identities and political-economic structure may shape press images of nations, and how such images may be related to the kind of governmental policies that are initiated within the context of international relations.
National Identity and Japanese Revisionism
Author: Michal Kolmas
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-09-17
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 1351334395
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver the course of the twentieth century, Japan has experienced a radical shift in its self-perception. After World War II, Japan embraced a peaceful and anti-militarist identity, which was based on its war-prohibiting Constitution and the foreign policy of the Yoshida doctrine. For most of the twentieth century, this identity was unusually stable. In the last couple of decades, however, Japan’s self-perception and foreign policy seem to have changed. Tokyo has conducted a number of foreign policy actions as well as symbolic internal gestures that would have been unthinkable a few decades ago and that symbolize a new and more confident Japan. Japanese politicians – including Prime Minister Abe Shinzō – have adopted a new discourse depicting pacifism as a hindrance, rather than asset, to Japan’s foreign policy. Does that mean that “Japan is back”? In order to better understand the dynamics of contemporary Japan, Kolmaš joins up the dots between national identity theory and Japanese revisionism. The book shows that while political elites and a portion of the Japanese public call for re-articulation of Japan’s peaceful identity, there are still societal and institutional forces that prevent this change from entirely materializing.
Identity, Culture and Memory in Japanese Foreign Policy
Author: Michal Kolmas
Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781433172021
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book discusses the changing nature of Japanese foreign policy through the concepts of identity, culture and memory. A set of chapters written by established Japanese and foreign experts show the nuances of Japanese self-images and their role in defining their understanding of the world.
The Japanese Question
Author: Kenneth B. Pyle
Publisher: American Enterprise Institute Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 192
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this update of the 1992 edition, the author describes the emergence of Japan's new Asian strategy since the cold war and the dilemmas it poses for American policy makers. Index.
National Identity and Great-Power Status in Russia and Japan
Author: Tadashi Anno
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-09-03
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 1351969358
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHaving suffered military defeat at the hands of advanced Western powers in the 1850s, Russia and Japan embarked upon a program of catch-up and modernization in the late-19th Century. While the two states sought in the main to replicate the successes of the advanced great powers of the West, the discourse on national identity among Russian and Japanese elite in this period evinced a considerable degree of ambivalence about Western dominance. With the onset of the crisis of power and legitimacy in the international order ushered in by the First World War, this ambivalence shifted towards more open revolt against Western dominance. The rise of communism in Russia and militarism in Japan were significantly shaped by their search for national distinctiveness and international status. This book is a comparative historical study of how the two "non-Western" great powers emerged as challengers to the prevailing international order in the interwar period, each seeking to establish an alternative order. Specifically, Anno examines the parallels and contrasts in the ways in which the Russian and Japanese elites sought to define the two countries’ national identities, and how those definitions influenced the two countries’ attitudes toward the prevailing order. At the intersection of international relations theory, comparative politics, and of historical sociology, this book offers an integrated perspective on the rise of challengers to the liberal international order in the early-twentieth century.
Japan’s Arduous Rejuvenation as a Global Power
Author: Victor Teo
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2019-04-08
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9811361908
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis open access book assesses the profound impact of Japan’s aspirations to become a great power on Japanese security, democracy and foreign relations. Rather than viewing the process of normalization and rejuvenation as two decades of remilitarization in face of rapidly changing strategic environment and domestic political circumstances, this volume contextualizes Japan’s contemporary international relations against the longer grain of Japanese historical interactions. It demonstrates that policies and statecraft in the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s era are a continuation of a long, unbroken and arduous effort by successive generations of leaders to preserve Japanese autonomy, enhance security and advance Japanese national interests. Arguing against the notion that Japan cannot work with China as long as the US-Japan alliance is in place, the book suggests that Tokyo could forge constructive relations with Beijing by engaging China in joint projects in and outside of the Asia-Pacific in issue areas such as infrastructure development or in the provision of international public goods. It also submits that an improvement in Japan-China relations would enhance rather than detract Japan-US relations and that Tokyo will find that her new found autonomy in the US-Japan alliance would not only accord her more political respect and strategic latitude, but also allow her to ameliorate the excesses of American foreign policy adventurism, paving for her to become a truly normal great power.
Japanese Foreign Policy at the Crossroads
Author: Yutaka Kawashima
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2003-10-16
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 0815796153
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
China and Japan in the Late Meiji Period
Author: Urs Matthias Zachmann
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010-10-30
Total Pages: 251
ISBN-13: 1134017197
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDemonstrates the close relation between Japan’s changing international status and the thought process behind this by focusing on the public discussion on China and China politics during the interwar years 1895-1904. Winner of the JaDe Prize 2010 awarded by the German Foundation for the Promotion of Japanese-German Culture and Science Relations
