Japanese Foreign Relations: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources

Foreign Relations of Japan

General	Relations with the United States	Relations with China
Relations with North & South Korea		Relations with U.S.S.R./Russia

General
Can Japan Counter China's Growing Influence in Southeast Asia?	Commentary by Robyn Lim (China Brief, Jan. 6, 2004)
Diplomatic Blue Book	Annual report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, available from 1994 & covering the international situation & developments in Japan's diplomacy
From Shenyang to Pyongyang: Japan's Diplomatic Trials in Northeast Asia	Shinju Fujihira's essay in Harvard Asia Quarterly (Autumn 2002)
From Tokyo	(in Spanish, English & Japanese) Official site of Alberto Fujimori, the former president of Peru exiled in Japan
GLOCOM Platform - Japanese News, Opinions and Debates	Virtual space provided by the Japanese Institute of Global Communications (J.I.GLOCOM) for Japanese opinion leaders to "exchange views with their counterparts overseas on issues relating to Japan's domestic and international affairs"
Handbook on the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Scheme of Japan	United Nations Conference on Trade & Development handbook on scheme "whereby preferential tariff treatment is granted on a non-reciprocal & non-discriminatory basis by most developed countries to exports from developing countries"
Japan & the IMF	IMF documents & reports
Japan Emerges	Arthur Waldron on "the now unmistakable determination by Japan to take seriously her own and regional security [as] the most consequential recent development in Asia" (International Assessment and Strategy Center, Mar. 31, 2005)
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)	Home page of JETRO, "a nonprofit, Japanese government related organization dedicated to promoting mutually beneficial trade & economic relations between Japan & other nations"
Japan Focus: Japan & the World	Essays & news on world political issues related to Japan or from the Japanese perspective
Japan to Polish Its Tarnished Middle East Image	J Sean Curtin's essay on Japan's efforts to repair image in Middle East damaged by her decision to dispatch 550 ground troops to Iraq (Asia Times Online, May 5, 2004)
Japan's First Female Foreign Minister	An ASIAToday special report on Makiko Tanaka (May 08, 2001): commentary; related articles; resource links
Japan's Military Role: Alliance Recommendations for the Twenty-First Century	Captain Katsutoshi Kawano's analysis in The Naval War College Review (Autumn 1998)
Japan's Official Development Assistance (ODA)	(in Japanese & English) ODA news, documents, & policies; ODA by category & by region; archive
Japan's Official Development Assistance: Recent Issues & Future Directions	Special report published by the Woodrow Wilson Center's Asia Program (July 2001)
Japanese Hostages Return Home to Mauling From the Right	David McNeill's article on the hostile domestic reaction to Japanese hostages after their release by Mujahedin rebels in Iraq (Japan Focus, May 2004)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Foreign affairs information, major foreign policy archives, relations with countries & regions, links
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Diplomatic Blue Book	Annual reports on Japan's foreign policy & activities
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Regional Affairs	Index to pages on Japan's relations with countries and regions of the world
Perspectives on Japan's SDF Troop Involvement in the U.S.-Led Occupation of Iraq	"round-table discussion [by panel of Univ. of Chicago East Asian and Middle Eastern specialists] on the future implications of Japanese SDF troop involvement in the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq": video of workshop; background materials (April 22, 2004)
Post WWII Japanese Politics & Diplomacy	Basic documents of postwar international politics; addresses to the Diet; prime ministerial addresses outside the Diet; addresses of the Japanese representative at the UN; summit-related cocuments; Japan-US summit meetings; documents of Japan-China relations (Japanese version)
The Schizophrenic Superpower	Alan Dupont on Japan's shift from pacifism to a more assertive global role (The National Interest, Spring 2005)
Showing its 'Face or Creating Challenger? Japans Changing Aid Strategy	Akiko Nanami on Japan's 2004 shift in foreign aid policy from cooperating with NGOs to using Japan Self Defence Force (JSDF) for overseas recovery projects (Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia in Canberra, 2004; PDF format)
Views from Japan	Foreign Press Center Japan's monthly "bulletin introducing key articles in major monthly journals" to "To help members of the foreign press covering Japan get a handle on the opinion trends of the day"

Relations with the United States
Does the US Need a New Marine Air Station on Okinawa? Voices of Resistance	Commentary by Julia Yonetani, University of New South Wales (Japan Focus, June 2004)
Future Directions for U.S. Economic Policy Toward Japan	Report of an independent task force sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations (October 2000)
Host Nation Support, Responsibility Sharing, and Alternative Approaches to U.S. Bases in Japan	Paul S. Giarra's analysis in The Naval War College Review (Autumn 1997)
Japan Focus: Okinawa	Essays on political issues related to Okinawa
Japan Focus: the United States	Essays & news on U.S. political issues related to Japan or from the Japanese perspective
The Japan That Can Say No	Akio Morita & Shintaro Ishihara's controversial best-seller on US-Japan relations from the Japanese perspective
Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission	"an independent Federal agency dedicated to promoting mutual understanding & cooperation between the United States &Japan through the issuing of grant programs"
Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress	A Congressional Research Service Report by Richard P. Cronin (Nov. 2000)
Japan-U.S. Security Relations Post 9/11: Maintaining the Momentum	A Pacific Forum conference report (March 2002)
National Association of Japan-America Societies	Links to homepages of individual Japan-America societies
National Security Archive US-Japan Project	Project on diplomatic, security, & economic relations since 1960: working papers
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR): Japan Affairs	Documents & fact sheets on U.S.-Japan trade
The People vs. Koizumi? Japan-U.S. Relations and Japan's Struggle for National Identity	Woodrow Wilson Center Asia Program Special Report by Naoyuki Agawa et al. (PDF format; Feb. 2004)
Toward an Independent Japanese Relationship With the United States	Commentary on normalizing the abnormal relations between Japan & the U.S. by Ito Narihiko, Chuo University (Japan Focus, Nov. 2004)
US/Japan 150th Anniversary	National Association of Japan-America Societies' site providing information on events in U.S. & Japan celebrating 150 years of U.S.-Japan relations; also historical information & resources for educators
U.S.-Japan Economic Ties: Status and Outlook	A Congressional Research Service Report by William H. Cooper (Sept. 2000)
U.S.-Japan Links	"a collaborative electronic media project of the 38 Japan-America & Japan Societies across the United States" to improve communication between the societies, their members & the general public, & to provide general information about Japan"
U.S.-Japan Security Cooperation for Homeland Security: The Cases of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Counter-Bio-Terrorism	Katsuhisa Furukawa on the shift in focus of the U.S.-Japan alliance from regional contingency to combatting global security problems (International Assessment and Strategy Center, Sept. 23, 2004)
The U.S.-Japan-China Triangle: Who's the Odd Man Out?	Woodrow Wilson Center Asia Special Report by Ezra Vogel, Gilbert Rozman, & Ming Wan (July 2003; PDF format)

Relations with China
Anti-China Fear and Loathing in Japan	J Sean Curtin's commentary on damaged Japanese sentiment about China following series of anti-Japanese demonstrations in China (Asia Times, May 4, 2005)
Asia Battles over War History	David McNeill and Mark Selden on Japan's worsening relations with China & South Korea in the wake of Tokyo's authorization of textbooks that whitewashed history (YaleGlobal, Apr. 11, 2005)
Japan-China Relations	From Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Overview; basic data; VIP visits; basic policy toward China; economic cooperation; cultural exchanges; documents
Japan-China Relations in the 21st Century	Keidanren's "recommendations for building a relationship of trust and expanding economic exchanges between Japan and China" (Feb. 2001)
Japan's Unfinished Business in China	George Zhibin Gu's commentary on growing economic ties between Japan & China in relation to Japan's political & economic strengths & constraints (Asia Times, Apr. 23, 2005)
Pacific Power Play Puts Japan and China between a Rock and a Hard Place	Simon Tisdall's special report on the geopolitical implications of the dispute between China & Japan over the Okinotori reef (Guardian, Apr. 5, 2005)

Relations with North & South Korea
Japan-North Korea Diplomatic Normalization and Northeast Asia Peace	Commentary by Wada Haruki, University of Tokyo (translated from Sekai (World), January 2004)
Japan-North Korea Relations	From Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Six-Party talks on north Korean issues; Japan - North Korea normalization talks; abduction cases of Japanese nationals; declarations/statements/resolutions on North Korea issued/adopted by the international community; related bilateral meetings; documents, etc.
Japan-Republic of Korea Relations	From Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Overview; history; economic relations; personal & cultural exchange; VIP visits; documents

Relations with U.S.S.R./Russia
Japan-Russia Relations	From Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Overview; economic relations; academic & cultural exchange; negotiations on peace treaty; VIP visits; documents

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