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The article examines Japan's policy of pacifism and its decision to abolish its armed forces after World War II, discussing how this impacts the country's ability to respond to tensions in East Asia. It focuses on Japan's relations with China and Korea as well as foreign relations with the United States.

When the Second World War ended with Japan's crushing military defeat in 1945, Japan was in a horrific condition. Phone, power, and sewer services were nearly non-existent. Thirteen million were [...]

During the U.S. Congressional investigation of the Pearl Harbor attack held immediately after the war, a stunning fact emerged: even before the attack, American cryptologists had mastered the Japanese cipher [...]

DURING THE NIGHT OF APRIL 20-21, 1978, SOUTH KOREAN AIRLINER KAL 902 DISAPPEARED ON A POLAR FLIGHT FROM PARIS TO SEOUL WITH A SCHEDULED REFUELING STOP IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. The [...]

The article informs that relationship between Japan and South Korea presents a certain descriptive challenge, and the protracted downward spiral in ties between the two U.S. allies. Topics include South Korean court ruling is indication as lawyers representing a group of South Koreans to work without compensation for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries; and order by the Suwon District Court will be subject to legal demanding to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine Systems.

Twelve countries have committed to orders of the F-35 joint strike fighter either as formal partner nations or through foreign military sales. As production of the fifth-generation systems ramp up, [...]

The India-Japan agreement for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy went into force in July 2017. It was first such pact ever by Japan with any country not [...]

The article provides an overview of foreign and security policy of Yonaguni Island, Japan. It mentions that Japan is strengthening defences and building ties with others, and if rivalry between China and America is the big story in 21st century geopolitics, no other country, except perhaps Taiwan itself, has as much influence as Japan which is forcing a realisation that, although there can be no substitute for America, japan must supplement it in order to maintain a favourable balance power.

The author discusses the partnership between Japan and Chile on a trans-Pacific fibre-optic undersea cable development project. Topics explored include brief details about the planned operations and expansion of the undersea cables, the involvement of Japanese information technology firm NEC in the project, and the intention of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to continue to legacy of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe through this initiative.

Deals with the war between imperial Japan and tsarist Russia in the period 1904-1905. Closure of the treaty of Portsmouth in New Hampshire; Reaction of Westerners to the concept of bushido of Japanese warriors; Status of educational system in Japan during the period.

Presents a speech by Hiromasa Yonekura, president at Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd., delivered to The 28th Annual Joint Meeting at Plenary Session I in Atlanta, Georgia on October 11, 2004. Founders of the twin organizations called Southeast U.S.-Japan Association and its Japanese counterpart; Number of Japanese projects in the Southeast region of the U.S.; Reasons of Japanese companies for choosing Southeast U.S. as their trading partner.

Explores the attempts to open Korea to Western trade in the 19th century. Historical relations of Korea with China and Japan; Details of Christians and Christianity in Korea; Opposition of the Korean royal regent to foreigners; Details of the Korean-American War of 1871.

Focuses on race relations on Okinawa, Japan, which is the site of several United States military bases, in light of rape allegations against a U.S. airman. Details of the case of Air Force staff sergeant Timothy Woodland; Effect of the case on U.S. and Japan relations; American influence on the culture of the archipelago's 60 tropical islands called Okinawa; Mention of a 'kokujo' subculture fetishizing blacks; Topics of racism and sexism.

Presents a speech by David M. Abshire, president of the Center for the Study of the Presidency, delivered to a joint conference in Tokyo, Japan on February 28, 2001. Focus on practical problems for United States and Japanese political and business leadership; The perceived need for transformational leadership; Responsibilities of the U.S. and Japan to global economics and security.

Deals with the oil embargo of the United States (U.S.) against Japan which prompted the decision to attack Pearl Harbor in Hawaii in December 1941. Dependence of Japan on outside sources for petroleum products; Actions taken by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to retaliate against Japanese expansion; Proposal of Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura to halt Japanese military operations; Factors that hardened the position of each nation.

Describes the trading, intellectual and artistic contacts between the Dutch and the Japanese. Europeans that settle in Japan in the mid-sixteenth century; Arrival of Americans in 1853; Reaction of the Japanese when the country opened its doors to the outside world; Participation of Dutch scientists and technical experts in modern Japan.

In 1942, Tim Taira (TYE-rah) was 9 years old. He lived in Fresno, California, with his parents and two younger brothers. Tim loved his toy cars and his dog, Romper. [...]

On October 7, the U.S. Department of State issued a readout on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's meetings in Pyongyang indicating that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un 'invited inspectors [...]

In 1984, AT&T--the world's largest company at the time--established JENS, its first Japanese joint venture with 25 Japanese companies. By 1987, the venture was floundering, and AT&T tapped Global Dynamics [...]

This paper aims to introduce a neglected methodology from Japanese international relations (IR)--the culturalist methodology--to Anglophone specialists in IR. This methodology is neglected not only by an Anglophone audience but also by Japanese IR scholars. I argue here that despite this negligence, the culturalist methodology has great potential to contribute to contemporary post-Western international relations theory (IRT) literature by posing radical questions about the ontology of IR, as it questions not only the ontology of Western IR, but also the IR discourses developed in the rest of the world. Consequently, in understanding and imagining the contemporary world, I clarify the importance of perceptions based on what, in Japan, are commonly called 'international cultural relations' (kokusai bunka) and 'regional history' (chiikishi). I also indicate how our perceptions of the world are limited by the Westphalian principles of state sovereignty and non-intervention among 'equal ' nations on the basis of state borders. While historical understanding is widely recognised as an important approach to contemporary IR, its scope is limited by its universalised principles. Keywords: Japanese IR, diplomatic history, international cultural relations, regional history, post-Western IR theories, 1. Introduction This paper aims to introduce a neglected methodology from Japanese international relations (IR), namely, the culturalist methodology, to Anglophone specialists in IR. Interestingly, this methodology is neglected not [...]

The article offers information on the foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea met in Beijing, where they agreed to seek closer economic ties and push for free and fair trade. It mentions ties between Japan and South Korea have arguably hit their lowest point since the end of World War II; and also mentions the U.S. President Donald Trump administration labeled China a strategic competitor in its 2018 national defense and security strategies.

The article discusses trade war between Japan and South Korea. It mentions that Japan curbed exports to South Korea of three materials that are necessary for the production of semiconductors and display screen. It reveals that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hinted that materials like hydrogen fluoride may have been illegally transferred to North Korea.

Switzerland was the first non-colonial small European state that seriously sought to establish relations with japan, a country that had been forcefully opened to international trade by US warships in 1853/54. Though the first Swiss mission from 1859 to 1861 led by Rudolf Lindau failed to do so, it remained a national goal. The major supporters of establishing Swiss-Japanese relations were those cantons with industries, Neuchâtel (watches) and St Gallen (textiles), as they were looking for new markets for their products. In Central Switzerland, however, the expedition to Japan evoked little enthusiasm; these largely agricultural cantons did not necessarily benefit from external trade. The focus here is on the Canton of Lucerne, whose government responded to appeals from the Federal Government in Berne in 1861 and 1862 to support the Japan project. This was during the planning stage of what later came to be known as the Aime' Humbert Mission, one which ultimately succeeded in concluding a Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between Switzerland and Japan in February of 1864. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses China's neighborhood diplomacy in 2018. Topics include China's improved relations with India and Japan, the role of China in defusing hot spot issues and de-escalating disputes among its neighboring countries, particularly, the Korean Peninsula issue and the active role of China in advancing economic and trade cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region.

Reflects on foreign affairs in 1994 and asserts that the year was a retreat from the world for the major nations. Preoccupation with domestic concerns; Examples in the United States, Russia, Germany and Japan.

Focuses on the U.S. government's attempt to pressurize Japan to put voluntary restrictions on its car exports to the U.S. Projected benefits to the U.S. automakers and the U.S. administration from the restrictions; Effect of these voluntary restrictions on the rest of the U.S. economy, undermining other domestic industries that depend upon the restricted imported goods.

This article analyses the impact of Pearl Harbor bombings by Japan during the World War II. The shifting mixture of pride, shame and anxiety evoked by that conflict is underscored in Japanese publications and memorial inscriptions by the use of two contending terms, the Pacific War and the Greater East Asia War. The former has been adopted by those professing mainstream to progressive views and the latter by conservatives and right-wingers. The Japanese historiography of Pearl Harbor and the Fifteen-Year War it so dramatically punctuated reflects the contradictory character of the postwar U.S.-Japan relationship.

Presents speech by Weyerhaeuser Far East Ltd. president, given before the Japan Society of Minnesota on September 14, 995, dealing with the issue of United States-Japan relations. Emphasis on common values and similarities in systems; Cultural differences; Japanese reaction to pressure from foreigners; Levels of US-Japan relations.

Presents a speech by the United States president given before the students and faculty of Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan dealing with the relationship between the United States and Japan. Need for change; Organization for Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation; Trade imbalance issue.

Discusses the foreign relations between Japan and the U.S. ;Discussion on the economic power of Japan; Exploration of Japan's relationship with the U.S.; Discussion on motives behind U.S. interest in Asia and Japan; Question why the U.S. is pulling its forces out of Asia while it is increasing its military resources in Europe; Cynicism of Japan towards U.S. effort to stall development of nuclear fuel reprocessing plants; Views of Japan on U.S. relationship with the People's Republic of China; Perception of threat of Japan due to withdrawal of its armies by the U.S. from Asia; Discussion on Japan's effort to become superpower but without military power.

Reflects on the end of World War II, a war that led to the use of atomic weapons. The war in the Pacific as representing the attempt of a modern, non-Western power to carve its place in a world colonized and dominated by white people; Janpan's attempt to create a mythology of a chosen people with an Emperor as a descendant of the sun goddess; How the United States expanded into the Pacific throughout the early 20th century; Bataan death march; Allied victories.

Discusses the relationships between the United States and Japan. U.S. industry's reliance on Japan for imports of advanced components essential to production; Total transactions linking U.S. and Japanese companies; Japanese investors' annual finance of the U.S. government's debt and acquisition of a large proportion of U.S. private paper; Concern about the health of the relationship; Japan's effort to open its market and change its economy; Need to solve the tension that exists in the relationships. INSET: Case Study in Diversification: The New Face of Summitomo Metals.

Presents several editorials which discuss different subjects. "A Lesson for El Salvador," which discussed the elections in Rhodesia; "Pushing Pandora," which discussed trade and military relations between the U.S. and Japan; "High-Tech Crunch," which discussed economic conditions and performance of various companies in the U.S.

Focuses on the foreign relations of the U.S. with Japan under the regime of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Comments of National Security Advisor Richard Allen on the Japan-U.S.. relationship; Diplomatic policy of Reagan with Japan; Description about economic policy of the U.S. with Japan.

This article discusses the U.S.-Japan international relationship over 40 years. For the past 40 years leading up to 1989, the U.S. foreign policy has been geared to compete with and contain the Soviet Union; but now the U.S. considers Japan as a greater threat with its growing economic challenge. The author asserts that the economic competition between the U.S. and Japan is already severe and will likely to get worse. To gain a competitive advantage, the U.S. should have a two-part strategy, which includes the need to maintain an alliance with Japan, and a need to regain technological competitiveness. INSET: Resumes on File.

Yasuhiro Nakasone is the face of contemporary Japan. As prime minister from 1982 to 1987, he embodied the changing course of his country. Inside Japan, he directed an administrative reform movement designed to reduce the role of the bureaucracy, privatize key industries, and make government smaller. He preached the need for Japan to "internationalize" in accordance with its increased economic power--calling on all of Japan to shoulder a greater burden for world peace and economic growth. And his bold personal political approach reflected an unusual appreciation of western-style campaigning and politics. Internationally, Mr. Nakasone was the first Japanese prime minister to participate aggressively and forcefully at the annual economic summit meetings of the seven leading western nations. His close relationship with President Ronald Reagan--the "Ron-Yasu" relationship--was key to his ability to resolve tough trade issues that surfaced during his years as prime minister. In this wide-ranging interview, former Prime Minister Nakasone discusses a broad assortment of issues, including the shape of the U.S.-Japan relationship, the strengths and weaknesses of management in the two countries, the cause of the United States's diminished competitiveness, the qualities that define a leader, and his own preparations to become Japan's prime minister. The United States, says Mr. Nakasone, is still the most powerful country in the world and will be as long as it maintains its "frontier spirit." As for the U.S.-Japan relationship, Mr. Nakasone reveals what he told Ronald Reagan: "You be the pitcher, I'll be the catcher. But once in a while, the pitcher must listen to the catcher's good advice." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As the situation in the Horn of Africa becomes more fraught, with different foreign interests locking horns in a deadly battle for dominance, Japan finds itself in an uncomfortable position [...]

This article presents news including the policy of the administration of United States President John F. Kennedy on foreign trade, an address made to the associated press by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy regarding the opinion of the United States by Indonesia and Japan, and the practice of sending African Americans from Louisiana up to the northern states to burden the northern relief agencies.

This article presents news including general revenue sharing in the United States, which was approved by President Richard Nixon and the U.S. Congress, the agreement between Peking, China and Tokyo, Japan, regarding an undeclared war, and the highly organized political fund drives run by executives in major business enterprises.

Provides some insights into developments in world politics and international relations compiled as of February 1922. Effects of the events of the World War from 1914 to 1918; Causes of political conflicts between the U.S. and both Japan and Great Britain; Details about the proposed defensive compact between France and England; Proposals for the refund of debts of the Allied countries.

Focuses on political and economic developments in the U.S. and all across the world. Argument that the U.S. Senate can have no objection to the utterance of a promise by the American government not to attack Japanese homeland; Failure of Four Power Treaty to provide for obligatory consultation with China and Siberia about all questions, which involve Chinese and Siberian interests; Assessment of diplomatic relationship between the Soviet Union and the U.S. in the light of later's helping hand extended to provide food relief to Russians; Significance of the Russian Relief Act, which makes it possible for diplomat Herbert Hoover's organization to save the lives of a million of human beings; Discussion about the deportation of eleven hundred persons, who have been held at Ellis Island; Overview of economic conditions of British industry and trade.

Focuses on preparations for the holding of the Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armaments. Claim of the administration of U.S. President Warren Harding that it was ahead of Senator William Borah in proposing a "naval holiday," a temporary ban on the construction of warships; Foreign governments invited by Harding to discuss the situation in the Far East; Responses of the governments of Japan, Great Britain, France and Italy.

Reveals British public opinion ahead of the Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armaments. Concerns for future relations of the United States, Great Britain, Japan and China; Differences between Canada and Australia over the Anglo-Japanese alliance; Need to protect China's interests against Japanese designs.

Comments on U.S. policy in the Far East and the role of Japan in unifying the region. Background on U.S.-Japan relations; Policy adopted by the U.S. government for maintaining good relations with Japan by supporting the Japanese government's plan to expand upon the continent of Asia through colonization; Efforts on Japan to establish herself in the continent; Flaws of the U.S. policy; Japanese methods on the continent that have aroused the profound distrust and hostility of every people with whom they have come into contact.

Comments on the development of China as a nation. Parts of the country where a native has to go only a few miles to fail to understand the language of his compatriots; Spirit of family and locality that gives China its strength for its old traditions and its weakness for contemporary conditions and international relations; Affairs of politics and economics in China; Conquerors and colonizers; Relations with Japan.

Focuses on the need of Japan to protect China against the corrupt government by keeping control of Shantung to prevent it from alienating the territory to some other power. History of European aggression in China, especially the technique of conquest by railway and finance; Claim that pro-Chinese propaganda had wilfully misled Americans into confusing the few hundred square miles around the port of Tsing-tao with the Province of Shantung with its Chinese population; Demand for Japan to supply military and police advisers to China; Discussion about economic rights in relation to political domination.

The editor, in this article, highlights the political-economic and other international issues. The U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's message is a long document, which deals with some important topics. The chief interest of his message lies, however, in his discussion of the courts and injunctions, his new plans for control of corporations by license, or otherwise, and, above all, his coming out for a graduated inheritance tax and a graduated income tax. No one has advanced a single credible reason why the Japanese should want a war with the U.S. Japan has all she can do to stagger under the burdens of her war with Russia. In the way of expansion and chances for her commerce, she has all that she can at present desire in Korea and Manchuria.