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"This book provides an overall picture of East Asian international politics during the early interwar period and examines the various foreign policy trends of the major powers involved, including Japan, China, Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union. Based on extensive original research, it posits that East Asia experienced four waves of international change during the interwar period: the transition to the post-World War I international order; the appearance of Nationalist China and the Soviet Union as actors in East Asian international politics; the Japanese invasion of Manchuria; and Japanese implementation of the North China Buffer State Strategy. It considers the new challenges brought about by each of these waves, how the powers - particularly Japan, Britain, and the United States - were able to meet these challenges by working together, and how this became more difficult as time went on. It argues that the Washington System - the international order established at the 1921-22 Washington Naval Conference - was not a break with the past as is frequently argued on account of new forms of foreign policy, including the ideological approaches of the United States and the Soviet Union, but that rather spheres of influence diplomacy continued as before. In addition, in discussing Japanese foreign policy, the book provides a comprehensive picture of the diversity of views towards China among Japanese actors and the ways these shifted over time"--

Yasuhiro Nakasone, who served as prime minister for more than five years in the 1980s, was one of Japan's leading postwar politicians. This book is a biography of him, but by interweaving international politics and media appraisals of him, it also serves as an examination of Japan's postwar politics. Nakasone was an innovative conservative who actively criticized the conservative mainstream, and this book reveals from both domestic and foreign policy perspectives how the Liberal Democratic Party governed. The Nakasone government served not only as the final phase of the Cold War era of LDP factional politics but also as the starting point for the general mainstream faction system that followed. With the lengthy passage of time since the end of the Cold War and the collapse of Japan's 1955 party system, there is a need to reassess Nakasone, showing that there was much more to him than the popular picture of him as a far-right hawk who loudly advocated for Japan to engage in autonomous self-defense and as an opportunist leader of a small faction, and to place the era in which Nakasone lived its proper historical context.

Yasuhiro Nakasone, who served as prime minister for more than five years in the 1980s, was one of Japan's leading postwar politicians. This book is a biography of him, but by interweaving international politics and media appraisals of him, it also serves as an examination of Japan's postwar politics. Nakasone was an innovative conservative who actively criticized the conservative mainstream, and this book reveals from both domestic and foreign policy perspectives how the Liberal Democratic Party governed. The Nakasone government served not only as the final phase of the Cold War era of LDP factional politics but also as the starting point for the general mainstream faction system that followed. With the lengthy passage of time since the end of the Cold War and the collapse of Japan's 1955 party system, there is a need to reassess Nakasone, showing that there was much more to him than the popular picture of him as a far-right hawk who loudly advocated for Japan to engage in autonomous self-defense and as an opportunist leader of a small faction, and to place the era in which Nakasone lived its proper historical context.

Introduction: The Road to Beijing 1. Tanaka Kakuei and Ōhira Masayoshi: Two Types of Leadership 2. The Nixon Shock - Moving Beyond Satō 3. The Formation of the Tanaka Government and the Takeiri Memo - First Approaches to China 4. Under America's Shadow - The Tanaka-Nixon Summit in Hawaii 5. Taiwan - The Shiina-Chiang Talks as Kanjinchō 6. Tanaka's Visit to China and the "Meiwaku" Speech (September 25) 7. Zhou Enlai's "Bluff" and Ōhira Masayoshi's "Trump Card" (September 26) 8. The Senkaku Islands and Tanaka's Meeting with Mao (September 27) 9. The Sino-Japanese Joint Statement and Severing Relations with Taiwan (September 28-30) Conclusion: The Spirit of Sino-Japanese Peace

In this treatise by veteran Japanese immigration specialist, Hidenori Sakanaka-the former director of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau-proposes sweeping changes to Japan's immigration policy to address the interrelated problems of a rapidly declining population and a decrease in working-age adults.

"This study provides a political biography of Sakata Michita, a major figure in postwar Japanese politics who served as Japan's minister of defense. The author focuses on Sakata's role in forging Japanese defense policy and managing relations with allies and examines how his legacy informs contemporary debates about the country's security policy."--Provided by publisher

"This volume features selected photos of the Japanese cruisers from the archives of the Kure Maritime Museum. It includes photos taken by the Kure Naval Arsenal of the ships' construction and sea trials, as well as photos of the ships from private individuals."--