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Foreign Policy

In: The Foundation of Japanese Power

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  • William R. Nester

    (University of London)

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Japan’s foreign policy goals have been remarkably consistent since Commodore Perry dragged Japan into the world political economy in 1854 — only the means have changed. For almost 140 years the government has single-mindedly attempted to achieve for Japan four interrelated goals: (1) military and economic security; (2) rapid modernization; (3) East Asian and global power; and (4) international recognition of all Japan’s accomplishments. The means to achieve these goals, however, were dramatically different before and after 1945: mercantilist and imperialist before; neo-mercantilist since. Military and technological defeat — by Perry’s gunboats in 1854 and the atomic bomb in 1945 — were the stimulus for both foreign policy eras as Japanese leaders became obsessed with reversing both the cause and the humiliation of these defeats.

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  • William R. Nester, 1990. "Foreign Policy," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The Foundation of Japanese Power, chapter 12, pages 306-325, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-20680-3_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-20680-3_13
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