The International Relations of Japan

243 Pages·1990·23.35 MB·English

by  Kathleen Newland (eds.)

THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF JAPAN
Also by Kathleen Newland
THE SISTERHOOD OF MAN
The International
Relations of Japan
Edited by
Kathleen Newland
Department of International Relations
London School of Economics
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
International relations of Japan.
l. Japan. Foreign relations. Policies of government
I. Newland, Kathleen
327.52
ISBN 978-0-333-53457-1 ISBN 978-1-349-21016-9 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-21016-9
To Caroline Martin
whose knowledge of Japan
grew with mine
and will soon surpass it
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Contents
Notes on the Contributors x
Acknowledgements xi
1 lntn)ducdon 1
Kathleen Newland
l Where Does Japan Fit In? S
Robert Gilpin
The Japanese Challenge 6
The Lessons of the Past 9
Japan's Economic Strategy 15
Conclusion 21
3 Money and Inftuence: Japanese Power in the International
Monetary and Fmancial System l3
Eric Helleiner
Japan as Creditor to the World 23
State Control of External Assets 27
Importance of the Intemationalisation Process 33
Implications for Japanese Power: Structural Power 36
Conclusion 38
4 The Japanese Industrial Presence in America: Same Bed,
Different Dreams 4S
Michael Hodges
Japanese Investment in the United States: Emollient or
Irritant? 46
Japan's FDI in Perspective 49
The Changing Nature of Japanese FDI in the United
States 53
US Policy toward Inward Investment: A Case of Benign
Neglect 54
Competition between the States for Japanese Investment 60
Anti-Trust as Industrial Policy 64
Trojan Horse or Scapegoat? The Future of Japanese FDI
in the United States 65
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viii Contents
s
The lbird World in Japanese Foreign Policy 71
William Nester
Japan's Foreign Policy and the Third World 71
Japan's Political and Economic Ties with the Third
World 75
Bilateral and Multilateral Relations 78
Conclusion 96
6 Japan's Aid Diplomacy: Economic, Political or Strategic? 100
Juichi Inada
Japan's Aid: Becoming More Political? 103
Aid Policy Making: The Facts behind Political Input 109
Commercial Interests: Myth or Reality? 113
Conclusion 117
7 Political and Economic Influences in Japan's Relations
with China since 1978 121
Walter Arnold
Hirschman's Trade and Investment Influence Effect
Theory 122
Political and Economic Characteristics of Sino-Japanese
Relations 124
The Influence Effect in Sino-Japanese Relations 126
Political Determinants of Sino-Japanese Economic
Relations 132
Political and Economic Conflict 133
Crisis Management through Political and Economic
Accommodation 138
Conclusion 140
8 Japan's Security Policy after US Hegemony 147
Tsuneo Akaha
The Decline of US Hegemony 147
Japan's Perceptions of US Power 149
US Military Presence and Security Commitments in the
Asia-Pacific Region 155
Perceptions of Security Threats to Japan 156
Broadening US-Japan Security Co-operation and Burden
Sharing 158
Contents ix
Troubling Defence-Trade Linkages 164
Conclusion 165
9 Stuck in a Mould: The Relationship between Japan and the
Soviet Union 174
Wolf Mend/
The Legacy of History 174
Issues in the Post-1945 Relationship 178
The Gorbachev Phenomenon 194
Conclusion 195
10 Four Japanese Scenarios for the Future 206
Takashi Inoguchi
Japan's External Role: Opinion Poll Results 208
Four Scenarios 210
Requirements for the Four Scenarios 217
The Four Scenarios Reconsidered 219
Conclusion 222
Index 227
Notes on the Contributors
Tsuneo Akaha is Associate Professor of International Policy Studies at
the Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California.
Walter Arnold is Associate Professor of Political Science at Miami
University, Oxford, Ohio.
Robert Gilpin is Professor of International Affairs at the Woodrow
Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton Univer
sity, Princeton, New Jersey.
Eric Helleiner is a doctoral candidate in International Relations at the
London School of Economics.
Michael Hodges is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the
London School of Economics.
Juichi Inada is a Research Fellow at the Japan Institute oflnternational
Affairs, Tokyo.
Takashi lnoguchi is Professor of Political Science in the Institute of
Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo.
Wolf Mendl is Reader in the Department of War Studies, King's
College, University of London.
William Nester is Assistant Professor in the Department of Govern
ment and Politics, StJohn's University, Jamaica, New York.
Kathleen Newland is a lecturer in International Relations, London
School of Economics.
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