economy to move closer to the Asian market, political reliance on Japan-US alliance in an attempt to \
newspaper reporter in Japan / Wang Yang
recent years, has relied on a Japan-US alliance in Japan continue to put its diplomatic route near the posture in Asia. Especially in the last year, defeated the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives general election since the LDP to achieve regime change, Hatoyama cabinet is always against the \The Cabinet now Naoto Kan also adhering to the \Some analysts believe that the Japanese government to move closer to Asia’s move, in fact, the strategy is to pursue pragmatic diplomacy, Japan has not really see themselves as Asian countries.
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a long time, Japan’s political arena in the \Hatoyama Cabinet of the Democratic Party in 2009 after taking office, clearly in the diplomatic route \However, after relocation of the Futenma base in some games, Hatoyama’s \
Naoto Kan Cabinet took power after the Democratic Party, adhering to the Hatoyama’s foreign policy, but had some fine-tuning, re-emphasized that the Japan-US alliance axis function, its foreign policy line with more realistic colors. Naoto Kan on August 10 on Japanese and Korean Prime Minister published a hundred years forced the merger talks, but also by some media accused of staging based on the real purpose of \Japanese media analysts say the rapprochement of relations between Japan and South Korea, Japan to achieve close to Asia, while Japan-US relations will not affect the \Relocation of U.S. bases in Okinawa and the \But while Japan and the United States has refused to give up the illusion of the formation of global alliances, so Japan is still a high degree of political and military rely heavily on the United States, will naturally take the initiative in the United States under the pressure of rapprochement with South Korea. Japan apologized to Korea’s move was a \
Japan move closer to Asia, really behind economic considerations. Over the past decade, with the collapse of bubble economy in Japan and emerging Asia’s economic rise, Japan’s Asian diplomacy long-term adherence to the \live in Asia. The economic data show that Asia’s economic role in driving the Japanese economy can not be underestimated. In 2007, experienced by the U.S. \
by the global financial crisis, Japan’s economy experienced negative growth in 2008, spring 2009, fall into the low, in April 2009 the International Monetary Fund IMF forecasts the Japanese economic growth rate will drop 6.2%. But from the second quarter of 2009, the Japanese economy has miraculously started to recover, and three consecutive quarter of growth. The main reason for creating this miracle is the representative of Japan to China as the Asian emerging markets to increase exports. In a sense, Asia’s demand to save the Japanese economy. In this context, former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso made in May last year, \
Japanese do not agree with \
closer economically, while in Asia, Japan seeks to lead the United States, Asia-Pacific region under the wings. In this regard, the continuous expansion of Japanese military power is the best performance.
recent years, the Japanese are anxious to break the peace constitution, \Whether through \Japan’s military expansion, always with China, Korea and other Asian countries as \End of this year, Japan adopted a new \But the content is clearly aimed at China navy.
analysts pointed out that Japan has been reluctant to associating with other Asian countries, due to weak Asian Japanese public awareness. Japan, \A number of years of Chinese living in Japan also shared. According to local Chinese introduced many of the Japanese media’s international coverage in more content is on the United States and Europe, reports on the Asian countries is relatively small. In this atmosphere of growing up Japanese, hardly conscious Asians.
some Japanese experts believe that the Japanese sense of superiority is a natural result because the Japanese do not want to integrate into Asia. Although Geographically Japan is Asia, but Japan is the only developed countries can enter the ranks of the Asian countries. This \In addition, because with China, North Korea and South Korea island dispute with the DPRK nuclear issue and other disputes, but also the Japanese, \
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analysts believe that, due to historical issues and territorial issues, Japan’s relations with Asian neighboring countries has been stumbling. This is mainly because Japan and other Asian countries, there are differences in consciousness, living in Asia do not think they belong in Asia, have not a correct view of Asia. With the changes in Japanese politics, Japan’s relations with Asia are also showing the \Over time, Japan and other Asian countries also can not create a real sense of mutual trust.
famous Japanese political commentator Bunzl Jiro in the receiving media had said that Japan only from the alliance with the United States, as a \Asia \wrong committed against the people of Asia. Only correct attitude towards history, to build harmonious relations with Asian countries. (Wang Yang)
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