History of international relationFinal reportGroup: Wow opps

QuestionDid Japan have a coherent policy toward China?

OutlineIntroductionInternational structuralDomestic factorsLeadershipConclusion

IntroductionSino-Japan relation and the world

Economics Military power Growing tension

Shares of global exports and imports

source: Starmass Dream corporation

Energy Consumption

World

US+PRC+JP

US

China

Japan

0 10,000,000,000 20,000,000,000

17,109,665,000

8,895,337,000

3,741,485,000

4,190,000,000

963,852,000

Electricity Consumption

Units: MWh/yr

Source: US Energy Information Administration

Military Expenditure

Rank Country Military Expenditure

% of GDP

1 United States 687,105,000,000

4.7%

2 PRC 114,300,000,000

2.2%

6 Japan 51,420,000,000

1.0%

Military spending in 2010

Source: The SIPRI Database

The uncertain vision toward China

Reconciliation or Opposition?American or East Asia alliance?Nuclear weapon deterrence?

International Structure North East Asia

Conflict issuesNational securityEnergy resourcesNuclear WeaponEconomics cooperation

National SecurityThe Growing China

Chinese J-10 during a test flight

National SecurityJapan-US alliance

Is US-Japan Security Treaty still work?

Threat of North Korea and China The growing military capability Missiles aiming Taiwan

Limited SDF

Energy ResourceThirst for energyMutual demand for Siberia

pipelineOil and gas under East China Sea

lead to territorial confrontation

Nuclear WeaponUS nuclear umbrellaDeterrence or elimination of

threat?

Economics

Source: Ministry of Export, Trade and Industry and Fundsupermart.com Compilations

Domestic factorsPUBLIC

Anti-war sentiment after WW2 decrease.

Economic superpower.Defeat in Gulf war.>>>Seek for hegemony in the world.

Development of China

LDP(the Liberal Democratic Party) Follow the US + Conservative

attitude.1972 Japan established diplomatic

relations with PRC1978 The Sino-Japanese treaty of

peace and friendship

LDP was replaced by DPJ(the Democratic Party of Japan) in 2009.

Leadership

Junichiro Koizumi2001/4/26-2006/9/26Textbook issueVisit the Yasukuni Shrine every year.Sent the SDF to Iraq to support the US

force. Bush’s attitude and reaction.

Shinzo Abe2006/9/26-2007/9/26no visit to the Yasukuni ShrineStrengthen the SDF.2006/10/8 “Ice-thawing” visit to China“Value oriented diplomacy”, “The arc

of freedom and prospects”--US, Australia and India.

Yasuo Fukuda2007/6/26-2008/9/242007/12 “Spring- heralding” visit to

China2008 “The Sino-Japanese Joint Statement

on all-round promotion of strategic and mutually beneficial relations”

Taro Aso 2008/9/24-2009/5/16

Yukio Hatoyama2009/5/16-

2010/6/4DPJEast Asia

Community

Naoto Kan2010/6/4~

Japan turn back to the Asia

Balance between the US and Asia.

Regional cooperation-- economic, political and cultural.

US-China relationship.

Unstable government.History issue.Senkaku island.

ConclusionStability of East Asia and the

world Multilateral contact US-Japan-China Energy Consortium Ministerial-level dialogue Economic Relations Group

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