Japan's Changing Political and Security Role
Author: Eiichi Katahara
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13:
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Japan's Foreign Policy in an Era of Global Change
Author: Takashi Inoguchi
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2013-12-17
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 1780935110
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The evolution of Japan's foreign policy at the time of great transformation-cum-transition after World War II is analysed and considered from two angles: a Japan adrift, with an opportunistic, short-term pragmatism, and a Japan determinedly and tenaciously steadfast to its national interests. Inoguchi provides fascinating and balanced accounts of Japan's foreign policy at a time when its premises are seemingly undermined and its domestic and international underpinnings eroding. First published in 1993, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.
Normalizing Japan
Author: Andrew L. Oros
Publisher: NUS Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9789971694463
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book seeks to answer the question of what future direction Japans military policies are likely to take by considering how policy has evolved since World War II, and what factors shaped this evolution. Andrew Oros argues that Japanese security policy has not changed as much in recent years as many believe, and that future change also will be highly constrained by Japans long-standing security identity, the central principle guiding Japanese policy over the past half century.
Japan’s Security Renaissance
Author: Andrew L. Oros
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2017-03-07
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 0231542593
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For decades after World War II, Japan chose to focus on soft power and economic diplomacy alongside a close alliance with the United States, eschewing a potential leadership role in regional and global security. Since the end of the Cold War, and especially since the rise of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's military capabilities have resurged. In this analysis of Japan's changing military policy, Andrew L. Oros shows how a gradual awakening to new security challenges has culminated in the multifaceted "security renaissance" of the past decade. Despite openness to new approaches, however, three historical legacies—contested memories of the Pacific War and Imperial Japan, postwar anti-militarist convictions, and an unequal relationship with the United States—play an outsized role. In Japan's Security Renaissance Oros argues that Japan's future security policies will continue to be shaped by these legacies, which Japanese leaders have struggled to address. He argues that claims of rising nationalism in Japan are overstated, but there has been a discernable shift favoring the conservative Abe and his Liberal Democratic Party. Bringing together Japanese domestic politics with the broader geopolitical landscape of East Asia and the world, Japan's Security Renaissance provides guidance on this century's emerging international dynamics.
Japan's Politics and Economy
Author: Marie Söderberg
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009-12-16
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 1135181241
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For some time Japan has been under fire for adjusting too slowly to new realities. While this criticism may be valid on some levels, Japan has been transforming in tandem with both regional and global forces. However, these changes have been largely overshadowed by the immense changes in Asia; including the rise of China, the 1997 Southeast Asian financial crisis and North Korea's development of nuclear weapons. Has Japan, the world's second largest economy, only been muddling through? In this volume the contributors show that although the challenges faced are great, Japan is changing in areas ranging from political leadership, education policy, official development assistance, peace building and security, to defence production, business associations and innovation policy. The book analyses processes of change, focusing on the dynamics of change - rather than structural change or institutional change per se - from four levels: the individual, domestic, regional and global. Forces from outside Japan, such as a changing world order and changes in power relationships in Asia, have driven change along with pressures emerging within Japan, such as the increasing power of public opinion and competitiveness within markets. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of Japanese and Asian Studies, Politics, International Relations, Globalization, Business and Economics.
Changing Roles of the United States and Japan in the Security of Southeast Asia
Author: Robin L. Russell
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The hypothesis of this study is that the United States and Japan have important and complementary roles to play in contributing to the peace and stability in Southeast Asia in spite of the end of the Cold War. Historical perspectives with regard to Southeast Asia since the withdrawal of the United States from Vietnam until the end of the Cold War are provided as the foundations for change. The national development of the nations of Southeast Asia, the implications of the rapid economic growth of China, and the military buildup in the region since the end of the Cold War are examined. Similarly, the rising transnational problems of Southeast Asia including piracy, drug abuse, a burgeoning population and environmental issues are addressed. The basic changes in American policies toward the region, including the implications of the withdrawal from the military facilities in the Philippines, and the impact of the reductions in the military budget are examined. Likewise, basic Japanese policies toward Southeast Asia, particularly in light of recent dramatic changes in Japanese internal politics, the effects of the Persian Gulf War, and the Cambodian experience, are discussed.
Japan's Evolving Security Policy
Author: Kyoko Hatakeyama
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2022-09
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780367720315
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Japan has been expanding its military roles in the post-Cold War period. This book analyses the shift in Japan's security policy by examining the collective ideas of political parties and the effect of an international norm. Starting with the analysis of the collective ideas held by political parties, this book delves into factors overlooked in existing literature, including the effects of domestic and international norms, as well as how an international norm is localised when a conflicting domestic norm already exists. The argument held throughout is that these factors play a primary role in framing Japan's security policy. Overall, three security areas are studied: Japan's arms trade ban policy, Japan's participation in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, and Japan's enlarged military roles in international security. Close examination demonstrates that the weakening presence of the left since the mid-1990s and the localisation of an international norm encouraged Japan to broaden its military role. Providing a comprehensive picture of Japan's evolving security policy, this book asserts that shifts have occurred in ways that do not violate the pacifist domestic norm. Japan's Evolving Security Policy will appeal to students and scholars of International Relations, Asian Politics, Asian Security Studies and Japanese Studies.
Japan's Changing Security Policy and Defense Force Structure
Japan's Changing Security Role and Its Impact on Japan-China Relations Since 2001
Global Security Watch—Japan
Author: Andrew Lee Oros
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2010-09-02
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0313381380
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The alliance between Japan and the United States, one of the great "success stories" of the postwar world, has come under considerable academic scrutiny in the last decade. Academic attention has been stimulated by the rapidly changing regional environment, most notably the rise of China and the North Korean nuclear program; and by the evolving political scene in Japan, most importantly the activist and iconoclastic leadership of Prime Minister Koizumi. The recent collapse of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the inauguration a Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) government under Prime Minister Hatoyama with a different vision of the Japan-U.S. alliance and Japan's role in the world has launched a new round of journal articles, many challenging some of the assumptions of the earlier analysis about the likely evolution of Japan-U.S. relations and Japan's foreign policy. Most of the recent analysis of the alliance and Japan has been focused on the broad political, economic, and demographic trends that are shaping the external and internal environment. There has been little examination of the institutional changes in Japan that both reflect the evolution in Japan's security policy to date and provide new capabilities and legal flexibility for Japan to take on an expanded military role in the future. This volume fills this void with a comprehensive and multidimensional analysis that links the historical evolution of Japan's security policies to its current capabilities and prospects.
