Japan's Foreign Policy

Essay # 5431

Asian Studies > East Asian Cultures
International Relations > Non-U.S.
Political Science > Non-U.S.

This paper discusses the foreign policy of Japan and traces the history of policymaking in this country, emphasizing U.S.-Japanese relations and the reasons behind the changing faces of international relations.

1,500 words () | 2 sources | MLA | 2002 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the key features of Japan?s foreign policy and also studies the reasons that exist behind its peace-oriented strategies.
The author looks at how Japan brought significant changes to its centuries-old foreign policy at two occasions during the 20th century. The paper focuses on the importance of world events which prompted Japan to abandon its policy of isolation and passive diplomacy and urged it to adopt a more positive, active and independent foreign policy.

From the Paper:

"In order to understand the key features of Japan's foreign policy, it is important to take a look at the history of Japan's foreign policymaking. Since the Edo period, the country was interested more in protecting its borders from foreign attacks and threats and less in developing healthy positive relations with other countries of the world. Japanese policymakers were of the view that increase in power and might would help the country secure its borders against foreign aggression, but the problem was that, in doing so, the country completely forgot about development of healthy diplomatic relations."