This book focuses on examining the changes in modern Japanese diplomacy after the collapse of the Cold War era. This book was published because of the belief that understanding modern Japanese diplomacy is of national interest to the Republic of Korea. In order to accurately examine modern Japanese diplomacy, previous diplomatic changes and continuities were identified.
The book applies three theoretical aspects brought to light by previous discussions on Japanese diplomacy, with the end goal of examining past changes and continuities. The first aspect focuses on the question of how Japanese foreign policy is decided. Related to this, normal policy and foreign policy was decided by dominant bureaucrats, Darwinism, and by external pressure. The application of the different theories were compared to the post-Cold War era, to identify changes in Japan's foreign policy. The second aspect relates to the questions posed by Japan's diplomatic style. Changes and continuities were examined to analyze professor Calder's wide spread notion in describing Japan as the 'reactive state'. The guiding principles of Japanese diplomacy is the third aspect in question. Examples of principles in Japan's diplomacy consist of contrasting and realistic theories such as Datsu-A Ron and it's counterpart Easternization. These principles along with the diplomatic strategy theory were examined to identify differences in foreign policy after the Cold-War era.
The future direction of Korea's diplomatic policy toward Japan and expected ROK-Jap relations were examined through analysis of past changes and continuities in Japan's diplomacy to suggest appropriate policies.
No : 2011-3
Publishing Company : Hanwool Academy
Date of Publication : 2011.6.20
Number Of Pages : 527 Page
Price : 47,000 Won