Transcript GO338 Politics of Chinese Cinema

GO256: Conflict in East Asia
Professor Walter Hatch
Colby College
Lecture 16
Foreign Policy of Japan
The Post-WWII Settlement
Article Nine of Constitution (1947)
Aspiring sincerely to an international peace
based on justice and order, the Japanese
people forever renounce war as a
sovereign right of the nation and the threat
or use of force as means of settling
international disputes.
In order to accomplish the aim of the
preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air
forces, as well as other war potential, will
never be maintained. The right of
belligerency of the state will not be
recognized.
US-Japan Security Treaty (1951)
US vowed to defend Japan against
enemy attack
Japan agreed to let US station military
troops on Japanese soil
Economic Superpower
and Political Weakling
How to explain the
persistence of the post-WWII
settlement?
Explanation I:
The Yoshida Doctrine
Living the Yoshida Doctrine
“Omni-directional
Foreign Policy”
“Separating
Economics and
Politics”
Explanation II:
Japanese Pacifism
Bowing to Pacifism
The Three Non-Nuke Principles
(1968)
No production
No possession
No introduction
Limiting Defense Expenditures (1976)
1% of GDP
Comprehensive Security (1980)
Yen loans and tech assistance to Asia
Exceptions: LDP Hawks
Kishi Nobusuke
Nakasone Yasuhiro
Growing Military Expenditures
Big Defense
The First Persian Gulf War
PKO Law (1992)
Post-Cold War: New Directions?
Embracing Asia
Giving yen
Going multilateral
Seeking a seat
Consolidating the bases?
Revising the constitution?
Getting stronger?
Going nuclear?
Embracing Asia
flying geese model
Giving Yen (I)
Began as war reparations
Yen loans for resource development
and infrastructure
Tied to use of Japanese contractors
Giving Yen (II)
Going multilateral
Seeking a Seat
UN Security Council
Consolidating the Bases?
Revising the Constitution?
Going nuclear?
Rough Relations
North Korea
South Korea
China
North Korea
Taepodong Missile Launch
North Korea (continued)
Yokota Megumi
South Korea
Dokdo or Takeshima
South Korea (continued)
China
Senkaku/Diaoyutai Islands
Military
China’s defense spending
China’s nuclear testing (1995)
Japan-US defense guidelines (1997)
Japan’s support for theater missile
defense
Immigration
“Criminal DNA?”
The Burden of History
Yasukuni Shrine