Japan’s Foreign Policy Choices Under the Trilateral Game between China, the United States and Japan

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10.2991/978-2-38476-126-5_29How to use a DOI?

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U.S.-Japan Relations; Sino-Japanese Relations; Fumio Kishida; Foreign Policy Analysis; Values Diplomacy

Abstract

In the post-epidemic era, global changes have intensified while global economic growth has slowed. The complex domestic and international environmental changes have inevitably influenced Japan’s foreign policy choices. However, they generally still follow the unprincipled tradition of neoconservatism and “Japan First” values diplomacy. The Kishida administration’s foreign policy choices are a product of Japan’s full pursuit of national interests in the context of a significant restructuring of the international landscape and a reflection of Japan’s ambition to pursue “great power status” and play a role in global governance. The reasons for this can be traced back to the turbulent waves of the ever-strengthening Japan-U.S. alliance and are closely related to the complex and turbulent Sino-Japanese relations. In diplomatic practice, Japan can neither abandon the Japan-U.S. alliance nor must improve Sino-Japanese relations. Maintaining a “dynamic balance” between Japan-U.S. relations and China-U.S. relations, looking at the existing problems, going beyond the limits of the values framework, and maintaining regional peace and stability, thus promoting global development, is the test and challenge for the current Kishida administration.

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AU  - Yatong Zeng
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BT  - Proceedings of the 2023 7th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2023)
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