Comments on: Maturing Japanese foriegn policy analysis http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/17/maturing-japanese-foriegn-policy-analysis/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:29:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Younghusband http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/17/maturing-japanese-foriegn-policy-analysis/#comment-380466 Younghusband Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:33:43 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/17/maturing-japanese-foriegn-policy-analysis/#comment-380466 Aceface, Japan's reactive foreign policy is something discussed by many academics such as Calder, Schoppa, Tanaka, Taniguchi. In recent times some people blame the _tatewari gyousei_. I agree with you that the Russo-Japanese war was forward looking. The Meiji Restoration was successful, but it was a reaction to the pressures of Perry. Just look at other nations development at the same timeframe. And the wall wasn't prepared until the _second_ Mongol invasion. The first time the Japanese were spanked by the Mongolian horse tactics and Chinese spearman. They had no intel or experience, and were stuck in their Kamakura battle culture. Now, the question is: is this reactive policy due to culture? Or is it structural (in an IR sense). For example is it because Japan is an "island nation" which leads to myopy? A comparative look at Britain's history could be helpful here. (I feel a PhD thesis coming on...) Aceface, Japan’s reactive foreign policy is something discussed by many academics such as Calder, Schoppa, Tanaka, Taniguchi. In recent times some people blame the tatewari gyousei. I agree with you that the Russo-Japanese war was forward looking. The Meiji Restoration was successful, but it was a reaction to the pressures of Perry. Just look at other nations development at the same timeframe. And the wall wasn’t prepared until the second Mongol invasion. The first time the Japanese were spanked by the Mongolian horse tactics and Chinese spearman. They had no intel or experience, and were stuck in their Kamakura battle culture.

Now, the question is: is this reactive policy due to culture? Or is it structural (in an IR sense). For example is it because Japan is an “island nation” which leads to myopy? A comparative look at Britain’s history could be helpful here. (I feel a PhD thesis coming on…)

]]> By: Aceface http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/17/maturing-japanese-foriegn-policy-analysis/#comment-380435 Aceface Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:53:29 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/17/maturing-japanese-foriegn-policy-analysis/#comment-380435 I don't buy all the culture based arguments on Japanese diplomacy.YH. Mongols were actually met with well fortified and mobilized samurais under the command of Shogun Houjyo Tokimune.The myth of kamikaze is after all a myth. The Jesuits were wiped out and their influence had been rooted and destroyed by the organized efforts of the Tokugawa shogunate.And the Blackship,Tokugawas knew more about Americans than vice versa through the report they receive from the Dutch in Nagasaki.Afterall Meiji restoration and opening of Japan was a great success,What more can you say? The first Sino-Japanese war and Russo-Japanese war were fought under preise calluculation of the leaders of Meiji government.Their grand war plan was constructed under Anglo-Japanese alliance and supporting covert missions in Russian empire to topple the Romanovs. Ofcourse you are certainly correct about the 15years of wars including second Sino-Japanese war and the Pacific war. Post-war Japan do have it's own grand strategy.Keeping alliance with the U.S and building politico/economic bondage with Europe through the G8 summit while supporting econimic takeoff of Asian nations. If you see any policy paralysis than that always revolve around American written 1946 constitution(aka "Peace"constitution)and to be more specific the article 9. There is an interesting discussion over National Bureau of Asian Research. http://www.nbr.org/foraui/message.aspx?LID=5&MID=30355 I don’t buy all the culture based arguments on Japanese diplomacy.YH.

Mongols were actually met with well fortified and mobilized samurais under the command of Shogun Houjyo Tokimune.The myth of kamikaze is after all a myth.
The Jesuits were wiped out and their influence had been rooted and destroyed by the organized efforts of the Tokugawa shogunate.And the Blackship,Tokugawas knew more about Americans than vice versa through the report they receive from the Dutch in Nagasaki.Afterall Meiji restoration and opening of Japan was a great success,What more can you say?
The first Sino-Japanese war and Russo-Japanese war were fought under preise calluculation of the leaders of Meiji government.Their grand war plan was constructed under Anglo-Japanese alliance and supporting covert missions in Russian empire to topple the Romanovs.

Ofcourse you are certainly correct about the 15years of wars including second Sino-Japanese war and the Pacific war.

Post-war Japan do have it’s own grand strategy.Keeping alliance with the U.S and building politico/economic bondage with Europe through the G8 summit while supporting econimic takeoff of Asian nations.

If you see any policy paralysis than that always revolve around American written 1946 constitution(aka “Peace”constitution)and to be more specific the article 9.

There is an interesting discussion over National Bureau of Asian Research.

http://www.nbr.org/foraui/message.aspx?LID=5&MID=30355

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