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Japanese Ideas of Asian Regionalism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2011

TAKASHI INOGUCHI
TAKASHI INOGUCHI*
Affiliation:
Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo, President University of Niigata [email protected]
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Abstract

Japan is geographically located on the fringe of Asia. Japan's location is often divided between those arguing that Japan is inside Asia and those arguing it is outside Asia. Japanese ideas of Asian regionalism are thus immensely varied. This article details a number of Japanese ideas on Asian regionalism with author/agency, scope and method specified. Special mention is made of weak integration of government agencies, thus causing proliferation of many Japanese ideas within Asia. With the increasing self-assertiveness of China, the apparent peaking out of American hegemony, and the steady rise of non-Chinese Asians, Japan tries to maintain enduring alliance with the United States, to invigorate interdependence with China, and to reinvent new relationships with the countries of the East Asian Summit. Japanese ideas of Asian regionalism take those templates as guidelines to develop new ideas of Asian regionalism.

Type
Research Article
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Japanese Journal of Political Science , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , August 2011 , pp. 233 - 249
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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