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Japan’s Foreign Policy Making: Central Government Reforms, Decision-Making Processes, and Diplomacy

✍ Scribed by Karol Zakowski, Beata Bochorodycz, Marcin Socha

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2018
Tongue
English
Leaves
246
Edition
1
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

This book evaluates the impact of the 2001 central government reforms on effective foreign policy making in Japan. It puts a special focus on the evolution of the domestic institutional factors and decision-making processes behind Japan’s foreign policy, while also analyzing the development of Japan’s external relations with various other countries, such as the US, China and North Korea. Adhering to the neoclassical realist approach, the authors show that, thanks to a more independent Kantei-based form of diplomacy, Japan’s prime ministers were able to strategically respond to international developments, and to pursue their own diplomatic endeavors more boldly. At the same time, they demonstrate that the effectiveness of this proactive posture was still heavily dependent on the decision-makers’ ability to form cohesive coalitions and select suitable institutional tools, which enabled them to influence domestic and international affairs.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv
Structures and Actors in Foreign Policy Making in Japan (Karol Zakowski, Beata Bochorodycz, Marcin Socha)....Pages 1-11
Central Government Reforms and Foreign Policy Making in Japan (Karol Zakowski, Beata Bochorodycz, Marcin Socha)....Pages 13-31
War on Terrorism Under the Koizumi Cabinet (Karol Zakowski, Beata Bochorodycz, Marcin Socha)....Pages 33-53
History Problems Under the Koizumi Administration (Karol Zakowski, Beata Bochorodycz, Marcin Socha)....Pages 55-75
Prime Minister Koizumi’s Policy Towards North Korea (Karol Zakowski, Beata Bochorodycz, Marcin Socha)....Pages 77-96
Rapprochement with China Under the Abe and Fukuda Cabinets (Karol Zakowski, Beata Bochorodycz, Marcin Socha)....Pages 97-115
New Pillar of Japan’s Foreign Policy: Arc of Freedom and Prosperity and Values-Oriented Diplomacy (Karol Zakowski, Beata Bochorodycz, Marcin Socha)....Pages 117-136
The Issue of Futenma Under the Koizumi and Hatoyama Cabinets (Karol Zakowski, Beata Bochorodycz, Marcin Socha)....Pages 137-155
Hatoyama Administration’s East Asian Community Initiative (Karol Zakowski, Beata Bochorodycz, Marcin Socha)....Pages 157-179
Climate Change Negotiations Under the DPJ Government (Karol Zakowski, Beata Bochorodycz, Marcin Socha)....Pages 181-202
Abe Cabinet and the TPP Negotiations on “Trade Sensitivities” (Karol Zakowski, Beata Bochorodycz, Marcin Socha)....Pages 203-231
Summary and Conclusions (Karol Zakowski, Beata Bochorodycz, Marcin Socha)....Pages 233-242

✦ Subjects

Foreign Policy

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