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This book interprets the changing nature of Japanese foreign policy through the concepts of identity, culture and memory. It goes beyond rational interpretation of material interests and focus on values and ideas that are inseparable and pervasive in Japanese domestic and foreign policy. 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. Stemming from historical memories of World War Two, the reconciliation between Japan and other Asian countries, the formation of Japanese self in media discourse to the role of self-perception in defining Japanese contemporary foreign and economic policies, the book offers a holistic insight into Japanese psyche and its role in the political world. It will be of utmost interest not only to the scholars of Japanese foreign policy, but also to a wide public interested in understanding the uniqueness of Japanese state and its people.
Table des matières
Yoichiro Sato: Preface - Acknowledgments - Michal Kolmas: Introduction: National Identity and the Study of Japan - Hidetaka Yoshimatsu: National Identity and Asian Diplomacy under Abe - Yoshinori Kaseda: Ideational Factors behind the Erosion of Japan's Pacifism - Utpal Vyas: Japan-UK Relations before and after the Brexit Referendum - Yoichiro Sato: Industrial Policies, the East Asian Miracle, and Regional Integration after the 2008 Global Financial Crisis - Takashi Hosoda: National Identity, National Pride, and Armed Force in Japan: How to Verify the Existence of Pacifist Culture in Japan - Jan Sýkora: Collective (Historical) Memory and National Identity in Contemporary Japan: Contested War Narrative and Myth-Making in Japan's Longest Day - Emilia S. Heo: Through the Eyes of Others: Postwar Reconciliation Narrative in Contemporary Japan - David Kozisek: China as an Other in Japanese Media: Construction of National Identity - Notes on Contributors - Index.
A propos de l'auteur
Michal Kolmaš holds a Ph.D. in international relations from Charles University in Prague and is currently an associate professor at Metropolitan University Prague. His articles on Japanese foreign policy appeared in journals such as The Pacific Review, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Japanese Journal of Political Science and others. His latest book National Identity and Japanese Revisionism was published in 2019.
Yoichiro Sato holds a Ph.D. in political science from University of Hawaii and is currently at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University. His more than ten published books include Regional Institutions, Geopolitics and Economics in the Asia Pacific (co-edited, 2017) and Re-Rising Japan (Peter Lang, 2017).
Résumé
The 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.
