1st Edition

China in Japan’s National Security Domestic Credibility

By Toshiya Takahashi Copyright 2020
220 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores Japan’s emerging national security policy in relation to China. It considers the rise of nationalism in contemporary Japan, the recent actions of the Abe government to change Japan’s security policy course and the importance of domestic views, both elite and popular, about safety and credibility in shaping security policy. It highlights the lack of strong links between China... Read more

Introduction 1





Chapter 1 Domestic Credibility in National Security





Chapter 2 Japan’s Postwar Pacifist National Security and Domestic Credibility





Chapter 3 China Particularism and Japan’s Postwar China Policy





Chapter 4 Japan’s Changing Defence Policy and China





Chapter 5 Japan’s Non-concessional Attitudes and China





Chapter 6 Japan’s Alliance Politics and China





Chapter 7 National Pride and Domestic Credibility in Japan’s Hard-line Posture towards China in 2010-16





Conclusion





 



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Biography

Toshiya Takahashi is an Associate Professor at Shoin University, Japan