Japan, Internationalism and the UN

by Dore,R. P.

• ISBN13: 9780415166461
• ISBN10: 0415166462
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-11-06
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

What do the Japanese really want their diplomacy to achieve for them? Are they content to be subordinate partners in alliance with the US? What is behind all of their disputes about the nature of their 'international contribution'? What do they mean by a 'UN-centred foreign policy'? Why is the miserably traduced Article 9 of the "Peace Constitution" such a central symbol in contemporary politics? Ronal Dore gives his answers to these questions in what was originally a contribution to Japanese debate, first written in Japanese and now supplemented in this English edition by comments from a number of leading Japanese thinkers. Japan, Internationalism and the UN provides a unique insight into Japan's foreign policy and its related domestic politics. It is the product of nearly half a century of study and discussion with the Japanese themselves about their place in the world.

Table of Contents

Series editor's preface	vii	(2)
Preface to the English edition	ix	(23)
Preface to the Japanese original	xxxii
Part I The argument	3	(140)
1 Philosophies of history	3	(13)
2 The early stirrings of internationalism	16	(13)
3 The birth of the United Nations	29	(8)
4 The use of armed force	37	(15)
5 The enactment of Japan's Peace Constitution	52	(8)
6 From the world's United Nations to the United Nations as no man's land	60	(21)
7 The revival of the UN	81	(14)
8 Japan's international role and the Constitution	95	(17)
9 A UN-centred foreign policy and bilateral relations	112	(14)
10 The restructuring and strengthening of the UN: A survey of the issues	126	(17)
Part II Other points of view	143	(35)
Wanting to throw off a nasty burden, but suppressing the urge	143	(5)
Midori Yajima
Contributions, yes, but geared to the complex needs of a complex world	148	(8)
Yutaka Kosai
To die for high principle?	156	(4)
Shinsuke Yoshimura
Economic and cultural rather than military contributions	160	(2)
Shinji Fukukawa
The need to wait for a generation change	162	(7)
Yukio Matsuyama
Limits on the spirit of self-sacrifice	169	(2)
Shijuro Ogata
The advantages of diversity	171	(5)
Masahiko Aoki
The fork in the road	176	(2)
Kazuo Chiba
Notes	178	(7)
Index	185