Japan-China Relations through the Lens of Chinese Politics

Why is the relationship between Japan and China so volatile that it keeps fluctuating between deteriorating and improving during the last half century? Why does criticism of Japan over historical issues repeatedly converge and reemerge? The reason lies in the constant power struggles taking place inside the Chinese Communist Party itself. An examination of various cases and documents dating from the period of normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China from the 1970s to the present day will clarify how the Chinese political system is closely related to its diplomatic policies towards Japan.

KOKUBUN Ryosei
Dr. Ryosei Kokubun has served as president of National Defense Academy (NDA) of Japan since April 2012. After completing his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Keio University, he began teaching there as an assistant professor in 1981. Kokubun became an associate professor in 1985 and a professor in 1992, and served as director of Keio’s Institute of East Asian Studies from 1999 to 2007 and dean of the university’s Faculty of Law and Politics from 2007 to 2011. He has been a visiting scholar at Harvard University, the University of Michigan, Fudan University, Beijing University and National Taiwan University. Kokubun’s research interests encompass Chinese politics and international relations in East Asia.

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JIIA series
Political Science

Publisher:
Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture

Hardcover
¥2,800 + tax
ISBN 9784866581279
210 mm x 148 mm / 326 pp. / February 2021

eBook
ISBN 9784866582108 (ePub)
ISBN 9784866582160 (PDF)

CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction: Chinese Politics as Area Studies
Part I: The Chinese Political System
1. The Implementation and Failure of Political Reform / 2. The Impact of the Tiananmen Square Incident and the Soviet Collapse / 3. Economic Growth as Legitimacy / 4. The Authoritarianism of the Party-State System / 5. The Xi Jinping System and the Cultural Revolution
Part II: China’s Japan Policy as an Extension of Domestic Politics
6. Establishment of the 1972 System and Its Limits / 7. The Shadows of “Japan-China Friendship” / 8. The Escalation of Historical Issues and Jiang Zemin’s Visit to Japan (1990s) / 9. A Temporary Mending of Ties: Toward a Mutually Beneficial Strategic Relationship (2000s) / 10. Japan-China Relations Face the Trial of the Senkaku Islands (2010s)
Conclusion: Chinese Politics and Japan-China Relations
Afterword
Index

なぜ日中関係は悪化と改善の変動が激しく、歴史問題を巡る対日批判は収束と再燃を繰り返すのか。その要因は中国国内の権力ゲームの帰趨にある。1980年代から現在までの中国政治体制をふまえ、対日政策との関連を明らかにする。

国分 良成
1953年生まれ。1981年慶應義塾大学大学院博士課程修了後、同大学法学部専任講師、85年助教授、92年教授、99年から2007年まで同大学東アジア研究所長、07年から11年まで法学部長。法学博士。12年から現在まで防衛大学校長。この間、ハーバード大、ミシガン大、復旦大、北京大、台湾大の客員研究員を歴任。専門は中国政治・外交、東アジア国際関係。

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