Japan's Asian diplomacy : a legacy of two millennia / Ogura Kazuo ; translated by David Noble.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ogura, Kazuo, 1938- author.

Contributor:

Noble, David, translator.

LTCB International Library Trust.

Kokusai Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo, Japan)

Series:

LTCB international library selection ; no. 36.

LTCB international library selection ; no. 36

Standardized Title:

Nihon no Ajia gaikō. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Japan--Foreign relations--Asia.

Japan.

Asia--Foreign relations--Japan.

Asia.

Giappone--Relazioni internazionali con i paesi asiatici.

Diplomatic relations.

Local Subjects:

Giappone--Relazioni internazionali con i paesi asiatici.

Physical Description:

xv, 231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First English edition.

Place of Publication:

Tokyo : International House of Japan, 2015.

Summary:

"Japan's relations with its closest neighbors, China and Korea, are tense - exacerbated by disputes over territorial issues and the unresolved trauma of a tumultuous twentieth-century history. In this book, the author, a veteran Japanese diplomat, examines his nation's relations with its East Asian neighbors along a temporal axis stretching back some two thousand years, a perspective he feels is essential to the construction of a new Asian diplomacy. In his view, Japan's relations with China and Korea in modern times have tended to be understood within the context of Japan's relations with the West, and Japanese diplomacy has often operated as a dependent variable of the foreign policies of the Western powers. Yet as the political and economic importance of Asia seems destined to increase in coming years, the interplay of foreign policies among the Asian nations themselves should receive more of a spotlight. In order to fully appreciate Japan's place in Asia and what must be done to rebuild relations with China and Korea, an examination of the deeper patterns of historical contact among these nations serves as an essential point of departure"--Back cover.

Contents:

Fundamentals of Japan's Asian Diplomacy

The Ethos of Japan's Asian Diplomacy

The Interaction of Domestic and Foreign Policy

Foreign Relations of Japan, China, and Korea in Historical Perspective

The History of Sikanron Thought

Two Millennia of Sino-Japanese History: Five Wars and their Antecedents

Notes:

"LTCB International Library Trust/International House of Japan."

"This book originally appeared in Japanese as Nihon no Ajia gaikō : Nisen'nen no keifu (Tokyo: Fujiwara Shoten, 2013)"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-223) and index.

ISBN:

9784924971394

4924971391

OCLC:

946811423