Prosperity Of Japan Research Articles

CHINESE STRATEGY OF JAPAN

The article deals with the transformation of Japan's modern strategy towards China. China and Japan are the most powerful economic, political and military powers in East Asia and constitute the two main centers of power around which the regional subsystem of international relations is being formed. The rise of China is the most significant challenge for Japan's entire foreign policy, but it also offers enormous opportunities for the country's development. And the future positions of not only Japan and China themselves, but also stability in East Asia depend on what Japan's strategy towards China will be. Japan's strategy towards the PRC after World War II until 2010–2011. can be characterized as the predominance of involvement with elements of containment: the policy of Japan as a whole contributed to the realization of the main foreign policy goal of the PRC - the restoration of the status of a great power, which China lost during the opium wars of the mid-19th century. In the 2000s there was a reassessment and activation of Japan's foreign policy. There are two opposite assessments of Japan's strategy towards China in the 2000s: one group of researchers believes that there has been a shift towards balancing, and the other believes that such a change has not been observed and one can only speak of a "reinsurance" strategy that allows one to defend from risks through coalitions with other countries. In the early 2010s Under the influence of the growing perception of China's actions in the East China Sea as a security threat, Japan's strategy towards the PRC shows more and more signs of a transition to balancing and containment. However, the likelihood of a transition to a "double reinsurance" strategy is high, since China is seen primarily as a key economic partner, without which Japan's prosperity is impossible.

Inaugural Greetings from NPI Chairman

The chairmanship at Nakasone Peace Institute (NPI) had been vacant since the passing in 2019 of founder and former Chairman Nakasone Yasuhiro. On October 22, 2021, Aso Taro was elected to the post of Chairman of Nakasone Peace Institute. Today, when Japan and the world are facing various challenges in such areas as security, politics and economics, and environmental issues, strong leadership is required above all. Since his first election as a member of the House of Representatives in 1979, Chairman Aso has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Prime Minister, after having served as Minister of State, Economic and Fiscal Policy, and Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications. Previous to these posts he led as minister and chairman of multiple other ministries and agencies in the areas of finance, fiscal policy, commerce and industry, and education, among others. With this wealth of political experience, it is hoped that, led by the new Chairman, NPI will formulate policy proposals that contribute to the peace and prosperity of Japan and the world.

4 農家林業の現段階（特集 「繁栄」のなかの山村不況-林産物と地域にみる実態と位相-(II)）

4 農家林業の現段階（特集 「繁栄」のなかの山村不況-林産物と地域にみる実態と位相-(II)）

Augmenting Japan’s Bodies and Futures: The Politics of Human-Technology Encounters in Japanese Idol Pop

Augmenting Japan’s Bodies and Futures: The Politics of Human-Technology Encounters in Japanese Idol Pop

Japan's New Regionalism: China Shock, Values, and the East Asian Community

Japan's new thinking on regionalism is a means of soft balancing that counters a rising Chinese influence. A "hard" balancing strategy through an alliance with the United States is insufficient because the Chinese economy is indispensable for Japan's prosperity and because China is rising through soft power. Japan's response uses the concept of community based on universal values.

Esperanto as language and idea in China and Japan

For the past hundred years Esperanto has found adepts in China and Japan. Outside Europe and the Americas, nowhere has Esperanto spread as much as it has in East Asia. The Chinese and Japanese were drawn to it through their desire to learn from the west; they hoped to use Esperanto as a bridge between east and west or they found in it a link to anarchism and communism. Often the Esperantists used their language for campaign purposes, for example in the battle against the Japanese invasion of China beginning in the 1930s (“For the liberation of China through Esperanto”) or for the popularization of pacifism in postwar Japan. As in the west, many Esperantists in China and Japan based their connection with Esperanto on the idea of the harmony of all humankind. The movement progressed thanks primarily to those who avoided too much missionary zeal and preferred to recruit on the basis of Esperanto as a neutral device. Given the lack of opportunity to use the language in practical ways, for more than half of the past hundred years the Esperantists of East Asia tended to emphasize Esperanto as an idea; but the economic prosperity of Japan and the opening of China, by allowing greater contact with the outside world, have given Esperanto the opportunity to demonstrate more strongly its usefulness as an easily learned means of communication, also for direct contact between Chinese and Japanese.

A new phase in Japanese economic cooperation

The merging of the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF) and the ExportImport Bank of Japan to form the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) signals a new phase in Japanese economic cooperation. In this article, Akira Nishigaki, former president of the OECF , describes the role and significance of Japan's official development assistance and considers recent policy trends and issues. It is essential for the peace and prosperity of Japan and of the world as a whole, he says, that Japan maintain favorable relations of interdependence in the international community. In this spirit, he expresses his hope that in funding and implementing assistance the JBIC will continue to strengthen Japan's considerable contribution to the development of developing countries.

8 円高以降のカラマツ製材業の動向 (1)（特集 「繁栄」のなかの山村不況-林産物と地域にみる実態と位相-(IV)）

8 円高以降のカラマツ製材業の動向 (1)（特集 「繁栄」のなかの山村不況-林産物と地域にみる実態と位相-(IV)）

8. A Trend of the Larch Lumbering Industry in Hokkaido after the High Value of Yen (2) (The Prosperity of Japan and the Depression at Mountain Villages (V))

8. A Trend of the Larch Lumbering Industry in Hokkaido after the High Value of Yen (2) (The Prosperity of Japan and the Depression at Mountain Villages (V))

6 オウレンの需給が林家及び地域に及ぼす影響（特集 「繁栄」のなかの山村不況-林産物と地域にみる実態と位相-(II)）

6 オウレンの需給が林家及び地域に及ぼす影響（特集 「繁栄」のなかの山村不況-林産物と地域にみる実態と位相-(II)）

3 串間市森林組合における林産物生産事業の新展開（特集 「繁栄」のなかの山村不況-林産物と地域にみる実態とその位相-(1)）

3 串間市森林組合における林産物生産事業の新展開（特集 「繁栄」のなかの山村不況-林産物と地域にみる実態とその位相-(1)）

2 円高下の乾しいたけの生産と流通（特集 「繁栄」のなかの山村不況-林産物と地域にみる実態とその位相-(1)）

2 円高下の乾しいたけの生産と流通（特集 「繁栄」のなかの山村不況-林産物と地域にみる実態とその位相-(1)）

5. Forms of the Forestry Crisis revealed under High Value of Yen (The Prosperity of Japan and the Depression at Mountain Villages (II))

5. Forms of the Forestry Crisis revealed under High Value of Yen (The Prosperity of Japan and the Depression at Mountain Villages (II))

7. Forestry Management at Morotsuka Village of Miyazaki Pref. (The Prosperity of Japan and the Depression at Mountain Villages (III))

7. Forestry Management at Morotsuka Village of Miyazaki Pref. (The Prosperity of Japan and the Depression at Mountain Villages (III))

1. The Trend of Timber Market and Forest Management on Hardwood Cut in Hokkaido (The Prosperity of Japan and the Depression at Mountain Villages)

1. The Trend of Timber Market and Forest Management on Hardwood Cut in Hokkaido (The Prosperity of Japan and the Depression at Mountain Villages)

Some Problems of Neonatal Infections in Japan

AbstractFor the prosperity of Japan in the 21st century, we pediatricians play a very important role in securing the health of future adults. Although our infantile death rate has become one of the worlds lowest recently, the number of neonatal deaths can further be reduced by preventing infections and accidents. Because of the huge consumption of antibiotics in Japan for past decades, the drug resistance of pathogens has increased remarkably and we are forced to choose potent new antibiotics for saving neonatal lives. Some unsolved problems associated with GBS infection in Japan are mentioned and the necessity of development of immunopotentiators as well as chemotherapeutics and vaccines in treating neonatal infections is discussed.

Democratic Forces in Prewar Japan

lied occupation will survive the withdrawal of its con? trols. This will depend, of course, upon many factors, especially the extent to which the United States and the other democracies succeed in fostering a community of spiritual and material interests between Japan and themselves, and the extent to which Japan is able to achieve an economy that will sustain a democratic society. Since Japan's prosperity is so largely dependent upon foreign trade, the answer on both these points lies in circumstances external to Japan. In assessing factors internal to Japan, it is necessary to consider how deeply democratic tendencies have taken root.1 To do full justice to the subject would require a review of a rather wide range of currents and crosscurrents that were flowing through Japan over a period of many years. At the risk of being charged with oversimplication of a very complicated question, the writer offers here a few brief comments bearing upon the strength of Japan's prewar democratic forces in the hope that these comments will suggest some lines along which more detailed inquiry might be made. Japan's metamorphosis from feudalism into a modern centralized state was accomplished in conjunction with the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate by a coali? tion of four leading western clans, Satsuma, Choshu, Hizen, and Tosa. By the time the cabinet system was instituted in 1885 leadership in the government had fallen largely into the hands of the Satsuma and Choshu clansmen. Between 1885 and 1898 there were four Choshu and three Satsuma ministries in rotation. It is

Japan's Re-distribution of Farm Land among Farm Labourers and Economic Conditions of Mountain Villages

1. In mountain villages great owners of forests are also main owners of arable land. As the forests are still in the possession of those great landlords and not yet distributed among the poor peasants, feudal control of landlords over the peasants still remains. Without the Re-distribution of forests there is no complete agricultural Reformation. The author shows the real state of things in several districts.2. The San-in District.The larger area of forests a village has the stronger the remains of feudal tenant system is there, which imposes upon tenant-farmers overwork and high rent. The prosperity of Japan's capitalism has involved such miserable lives of peasants.3. The Southern Ou District. In this district also, the larger area of land and forests a landlord has. He is generally the owner of the larger farm land. This is the fundamental condition for the maintenance of nago (boss of village) system, since the farmers need forests as a source of manure, fuel, and timber.4. The Kiso valleyThe forests are in the possession of the Imperial Household. The forests here supply manure and forage.5. Oki Island.Pastures here are owned by individuals but have been offered for common use for the villagers. But as stress has been laid on the management by the individual farmers, this system has stood on the verge of ruin. The problem here is different from those of other districts.6. and 7. If landlords are left to possess large area of forests, feudalism will remain in the villages, and capitalistic aggression will come out. The poor peasants, who have become independent as the result of Re-distribution of farm land, still needs forests to be distributed among them, before the democratization of the villages are really possible, since without forests agriculture and stock-raising would be incomplete.