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Japanese Foreign Policy at the Crossroads : challenges and Options for the Twenty-First Century/ Yukata Kawashima

By: Contributor(s): Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institutions Press, c2003Description: xii, 163pages : illustrationsContent type:
  • rda content
Media type:
  • rda media
Carrier type:
  • rda carrier
ISBN:
  • 9780815748694
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS891.2  .KAW 2003
Contents:
Historical parameters of Japanese foreign policy -- Security ties between Japan and the United States -- The economic relationship between Japan and the United States -- Endgame on the Korean Peninsula -- Relations between Japan and China -- Japan's Southeast Asia policy -- Japan's relations with Europe -- Striving for peace and saving failed states
Summary: "In Japanese Foreign Policy at the Crossroads, Yutaka Kawashima clarifies some of the defining parameters of Japan's 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 relations 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 security and well-being outside of an international framework. He believes it 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."-
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-154) and index

Historical parameters of Japanese foreign policy -- Security ties between Japan and the United States -- The economic relationship between Japan and the United States -- Endgame on the Korean Peninsula -- Relations between Japan and China -- Japan's Southeast Asia policy -- Japan's relations with Europe -- Striving for peace and saving failed states

"In Japanese Foreign Policy at the Crossroads, Yutaka Kawashima clarifies some of the defining parameters of Japan's 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 relations 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 security and well-being outside of an international framework. He believes it 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."-

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