Abstract
The Gulf War and following crises over the Korean Peninsula and Taiwan had obliged created a new division of labor (responsibility) between US and Japan. Japan was requested to provide more than just financial contributions. The Defense Guidelines of 1978 clarified how Japan and the US should cooperate for the defense of Japan’s territory but did not discuss how to cope with crises in the surrounding area of Japan. Therefore, how to substantiate the Japan–US alliance when they faced intensified crisis either in Korea or Taiwan became the real agenda. This chapter will discuss such a question. In relation to this question, how domestic politics of Japan affected the progress of the dialogue between Japan and US will also be clarified. During the Murayama administration, Japan finally established broad consensus to defend Japan through the Japan–US Security Treaty and SDF. But how about possible crises in the area surrounding Japan? Did domestic politics obstruct or help in building a workable policy coordination between the two allies. How about so-called Peace Constitution? Did the Japanese government wisely mesh with the idealistic constitution with hard realities?
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