Japan's Foreign Policy Maturation: A Quest for Normalcy

by Cooney,Kevin

• ISBN13: 9780415935166
• ISBN10: 0415935164
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-12
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The sudden end of the Cold War took the Japanese foreign policy community by surprise. The Yoshida Doctrine which served Japanese foreign policy so well during the Cold War is no longer a viable foreign policy option. This dissertation examines the restructuring of Japanese foreign policy since the end of the Cold War. Through a series of 56 interviews with Japanese foregin policy elites, the changes in Japanese foreign policy are put into the context of the foreign policy literature.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	xi
Accronyms and Terms	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
The Story to be Told and the Puzzle to be Solved	3	(20)
Introduction	3	(1)
The Catalyst for Change	4	(2)
The Research Question	6	(2)
The Literature	8	(5)
Foreign Policy Restructuring	8	(3)
Hermann's Model	11	(1)
Japanese Foreign Policy	11	(2)
The Research-Elite Interviewing	13	(5)
Reliability and Validity	15	(1)
The Variables	16	(2)
Objectives and Expected Significance of the Book	18	(1)
Outline of the Book	19	(4)
The Story of Japan's ``Abnormal'' Foreign Policy Under Article Nine	23	(34)
Historical Background	25	(6)
Japanese Foreign and Security Policy 1952-1990	31	(4)
The Yoshida Doctrine	33	(2)
The Gulf War and Japanese Foreign Policy	35	(2)
The Peace Keeping Operations Law (PKO)	37	(6)
Legal Issues	37	(2)
International Politics and the PKO	39	(1)
The Political Debate	40	(1)
The Kaifu Bill and Why it Failed	40	(1)
The Miyazawa PKO Bill	41	(1)
Cambodia, Mozambique, and the Golan Heights	42	(1)
Towards a Security Council Seat and Beyond	43	(14)
Realism and Foreign Policy Restructuring in Japan	57	(46)
Japanese Limitations	58	(4)
Foreign Policy Restructuring	62	(6)
The Research Model	68	(9)
The Research Tool	77	(6)
The Field Research	83	(3)
Overview of the Results of the Field Research	86	(17)
Old verses New	88	(15)
Japan's Security Options	103	(32)
Japan's National Security	105	(3)
Abandonment	108	(3)
Japan's Options	111	(8)
China	113	(2)
Russia	115	(1)
Multilateral Options including ASEAN/ARF	115	(1)
South Korea	116	(2)
North Korea	118	(1)
Unilateral Options or Go It Alone	118	(1)
United Nations	119	(1)
Conclusion	119	(16)
How Japan Views its Place in the World and the ``Myth'' of Gaiatsu	135	(24)
Adjusting to the Post-Cold War World	136	(3)
Gaiatsu	139	(1)
The ``Myth'' of Gaiatsu	140	(5)
What is Japan Doing?	145	(6)
China	145	(1)
Multilateral Efforts	146	(2)
The United Nations	148	(1)
The United States	149	(1)
The Koreas	150	(1)
Conclusion	151	(8)
Where is Japan Going?	159	(26)
Future Sources of Foreign Policy	159	(3)
The Diet	160	(2)
The SDF in Japanese Foreign Policy	162	(1)
Constitutional Reform	163	(2)
World Leadership	165	(1)
Japan's Limitations	166	(1)
Japanese Hegemony?	166	(2)
Japan's Future	168	(2)
Suggestions for Foreign Policy Normalization	170	(1)
Implications for Hermann's Model: What have we learned?	171	(1)
Pragmatic Realism	172	(3)
Further Research	175	(1)
Concluding Remarks	175	(10)
Appendices	185	(20)
A. Government/Diet Member Interview Questions	187	(6)
B. Academic/Journalist Interview Questions	193	(6)
C. Introduction Used for the Field Interviews	199	(2)
D. Partial List of Elites Interviewed	201	(4)
Bibliography	205	(18)
Index	223