Japanese diplomacy in the 1950s : from isolation to integration
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Japanese diplomacy in the 1950s : from isolation to integration
(Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia)
Routledge, 2011
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Originally published: 2008
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book provides a detailed examination of Japan's diplomatic relations in the 1950s, an important decade in international affairs when new structures and systems emerged, and when Japan established patterns in its international relationships which continue today. It examines the process of Japan's attempts to rehabilitate itself and reintegrate into a changing world, and the degree of success to which Japan achieved its goals in the political, economic and security spheres. The book is divided into three parts, each containing three chapters: Part I looks at Japan in the eyes of the Anglo-American powers; Part II at Japanese efforts to gain membership of newly forming regional and international organizations; and Part III considers the role of domestic factors in Japanese foreign policy making. Important issues are considered including Japanese rearmament and the struggle to gain entry into the United Nations. In contrast to much of the academic literature on post-war Japanese diplomacy, generally presenting Japan as a passive actor of little relevance or importance, this book shows that Japan did not simply sit passively by, but formed and attempted to instigate its own visions into the evolving regional and global structures. It also shows that whilst Japan did not always figure as highly as its politicians and policy makers may have liked in the foreign policy considerations of other nation states, many countries and organizations did attach a great deal of importance to re-building relations with Japan throughout this period of re-adjustment and transformation.
Table of Contents
Introduction Caroline Rose and Tomaru Junko Part 1: Japan: Anglo-American Rivalry and Indifference 1. The U.S., Britain, Japan and the Issue of Casus Belli 1951-52 Shibayama Futoshi 2. Great Britain and Japanese Rearmament, 1950-1960 John Weste 3. Japan in British Regional Policy towards South-East Asia, 1945-1960 Tomaru Junko Part 2: Japan's Re-Emergence in Regional and International Organizations 4. Japan at the Bandung Conference Kweku Ampiah 5. Japan's Entry into ECAFE Oba Mie 6. Japan's Struggle for UN Membership, 1955 Kurusu Kaoru Part 3: Japanese and US Domestic Constraints on Foreign Policy 7. The Lucky Dragon Incident: A Failure of Crisis Management? John Swenson-Wright 8. The Revision of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty and Okinawa Factional and Domestic Political Constraints on Japanese Diplomacy in the 1950s Robert Eldridge 9. Breaking the Deadlock: Japan's Informal Diplomacy with China, 1958-59 Caroline Rose. Conclusion John Weste
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