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Japan’s Evolving Foreign Policy Doctrine

From Yoshida to Miyazawa

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  • © 1999

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  1. Bert Edström

    1. Center for Pacific Asia Studies, University of Stockholm, Sweden

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During half a century after the war Japan's economy was built up from scratch to the world's number two, while its foreign policy has been described by many as passive and even verging on being non-existent. As a contrast, this study evinces how the foundations of Japan's foreign policy were laid in the early postwar period, and how postwar policies have been characterized by pervasive continuity, guided by distinct national goals and expressed in clear-cut national role conceptions.

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Bert Edström
    Pages 1-7

  3. To Restore and Reconstruct: Yoshida Shigeru, Ashida Hitoshi, Katayama Tetsu

    • Bert Edström
    Pages 8-25

  4. The Prewar Leftover with a Postwar Mission: Hatoyama Ichirō

    • Bert Edström
    Pages 26-34

  5. The Failure of Brilliance: Kishi Nobusuke

    • Bert Edström
    Pages 35-45

  6. The International Cold Warrior: Ikeda Hayato

    • Bert Edström
    Pages 46-56

  7. The Cautious and Discreet Prime Minister: Satō Eisaku

    • Bert Edström
    Pages 57-70

  8. The Computerized Bulldozer on the International Stage: Tanaka Kakuei

    • Bert Edström
    Pages 71-79

  9. A Liberal Turning Realist: Miki Takeo

    • Bert Edström
    Pages 80-89

  10. A Visionary Arch-Conservative: Fukuda Takeo

    • Bert Edström
    Pages 90-100

  11. Turning the Tide: Ōhira Masayoshi

    • Bert Edström
    Pages 101-110

  12. The Harmony Man on the Slippery Slope: Suzuki Zenkō

    • Bert Edström
    Pages 111-118

  13. The Symbolic Statesman: Nakasone Yasuhiro

    • Bert Edström
    Pages 119-131

  14. A Local Politician on the Global Stage: Takeshita Noboru

    • Bert Edström
    Pages 132-140

  15. Hope and Uncertainty: Kaifu Toshiki

    • Bert Edström
    Pages 141-150

  16. Full Circle: Miyazawa Kiichi

    • Bert Edström
    Pages 151-158

  17. Conclusion: Japan’s Evolving Foreign-Policy Doctrine

    • Bert Edström
    Pages 159-179

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 180-216
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Center for Pacific Asia Studies, University of Stockholm, Sweden

    Bert Edström

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BERT EDSTRÖM is currently Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Pacific Asia Studies at Stockholm University. He is the author of Japan's Quest for a Role in the World (1988) and editor of Japan's Global Role: Implications for Sweden (1994), Japan's Foreign and Security Policies in Transition (1996) and The United Nations , Japan and Sweden: Achievements and Challenges (1998).

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