Założenia i kierunki polityki zagranicznej Japonii

• Authors: Góralski Władysław

Title variants

EN

Foundations and trends in Japan's toreign policy

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The author concentrates on economic conditions of Japan's foreign policy. The lack of own raw materials requires efforts for steady sources of supply. Another important problem is marketing outlets. Asymmetry between sources and imports and directions of exports leads to almost permanent frictions with highly developed countries, Japan has surplus with. Japan's foreign policy is based on its alliance with the US, which is accompanied by developed relations in nearly all domains. Both countries, however, did not manage to avoid tension, due to, especially, a big trade surplus on Japan's side. The parties worked out pretty effective mechanisms of settlement of such disputes. Japan maintains the most extensive relations with the countries of East and South-East Asia. Geographical proximity : and economic complementarity are favourable factors. Although conflicts of interests appear also here, they are settled without major problems. History is sometimes an embittering factor. As Tokyo tries to reevaluate the actions of the Japanese army in this area, China and Korea, in particular, react angrily and temporary deterioration in mutual relations takes place. Also territorial disputes around small islands appear, whose national status has been questioned. It concerns Korea, China, Vietnam and even Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Japan's relations with the Western European countries are maintained at a modest, but steady level. Also in this area, methods have been worked out to permit easing once acute controversies over the trade surplus. Central and Eastern Europe still occupies a modest place in Japan's policy, although the latter provides relatively large support for cultural, scientific and technological cooperation. Japan - Russia relations are limited. The main obstacle was and still is a dispute over the Kurile Islands, which were occupied by the Soviet Union in the final stage of the World War Two. The negotiations on this issue have not brought any practical results yet. While declaring their willingness to settle the problem, both sides maintain their positions, which makes it difficult to ac· tuate their political and economic cooperation.

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Azja-Pacyfik
• Year: 1998
• Issue: I
• Pages: 101-130

Dates

published

1998

Contributors

author

Góralski Władysław