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2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Japan's International Relations-From Comparative Perspective

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14320026
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Politics
Research InstitutionAoyama Gakuin University (2004-2005)
The University of Tokyo (2002-2003)

Principal Investigator

YAMAMOTO Yoshinobu  Aoyama Gakuin University, School of International Politics, Economics and Business, Professor, 国際政治経済学部, 教授 (20092025)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) INOGUCHI Takashi  Chuo University, Faculty of Law, Professor, 法学部, 教授 (30053698)
YAMAKAGE Susumu  University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Integrated Culture and Science, Professor, 大学院・総合文化研究科, 教授 (10115959)
TANAKA Akihiko  University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Studies, Professor, 東洋文化研究所, 教授 (30163497)
TSUCHIYAMA Jitsuo  Aoyama Gakuin University, School of International Politics, Economics and Business, Professor, 国際政治経済学部, 教授 (00180018)
KOKUBU Yoshinari  Keio University, Faculty of Law, Professor, 法学部, 教授 (20146567)
Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2005
KeywordsInternational politics / International Relations / Political Science / 国際関係
Research Abstract

The research showed the following.
1.The Japanese International Relations (IR) has a long history since the middle of the 19^<th> century and was not lagged from other major countries.
2.What may be termed the international intellectual community of IR has been long established in the 19^<th> century firstly within the major European countries spreading to the North American, Japan and other countries.
3.Japan has benefited in participating in that international intellectual community. There had been some aberrations from the international intellectual community during the inter-war period but Japan was back to the community after the war.
4.After the end of the Cold War, the IR in the ex-communist countries such as Russia, Vietnam and so forth has joined the international intellectual community of IR abandoning the socialist international relations.
5.The international intellectual community of IR has been dominated by the United States since World War II but the European IR has been getti … More ng stronger and Japan's IR is now partially influenced by European IR in addition to American IR.
6.History and area studies have an important role in the current Japanese IR as compared to the American IR (in this sense, Japanese IR is closer to European IR). This has been caused by the developmental history of Japanese IR and by the curricular system of the Japanese IR education. The Japanese IR has been created by historians and regional specialists since the end of the Second World War, while particularly in the pre-war era, international lawyers had a significant role in the Japanese IR.
7.The Japanese IR has been within the realm of the international intellectual community of IR but Japan selectively adopted and modified IR from the community so that it fits the realities of Japan. For example, realism with its emphasis on military capabilities has been widely discussed in Japan but does not fit the Japanese realities after the Second World War. Japanese scholars and pundits modified it so that it fits Japanese realities as exemplified by what is termed the Yoshida doctrine.
8.The future of the Japanese IR will not be to get out of the international intellectual community of IR in terms of the basic principles but to deepen IR within the international intellectual community on the basis of Japanese realties. Less

  • Research Products

    (15 results)

All 2007 2006 2005 2004

All Journal Article (13 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Why There is No International Political Theory in Asia : The Case of Japan2007

    • Author(s)
      Takashi, Inoguchi
    • Journal Title

      International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 7/1(forthcoming)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Why there is no international political theory in Asia-A case of Japan,2007

    • Author(s)
      Takashi, Inoguchi
    • Journal Title

      International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 7-1(forthcoming)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 有志連合と国際システムの構造変化2006

    • Author(s)
      山本吉宣
    • Journal Title

      青山国際政経論集 68

      Pages: 1-53

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Development of Japanese International Relations-An Overview,2006

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto, Yoshinobu
    • Journal Title

      The Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego, US, March 22-25

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] International Politics and International Relations : Two Strands of Studies Derived from the Curricular Development of International Studies in Japan,.2006

    • Author(s)
      Haruna, Nobuo
    • Journal Title

      The Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Dan Diego, US March 22-25

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Cold War in Asia : Reconsidered-With Special Emphasis on the Soviet-DPRK Relations,2006

    • Author(s)
      Shimotomai, Nobuo
    • Journal Title

      The Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Dan Diego, US March 22-25

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Why Are There No Non-Western Theories of International Relations? : The Case of Japan,2006

    • Author(s)
      Inoguchi, Takashi
    • Journal Title

      The Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego, US March 22-25

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 冷戦後のアメリカの国際政治理論2005

    • Author(s)
      山本吉宣
    • Journal Title

      国際法外交雑誌 103・4

      Pages: 120-148

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 階層の国際政治学2005

    • Author(s)
      山本吉宣
    • Journal Title

      青山国際政経論集 66

      Pages: 1-30

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 帝国システムの国際政治理論(下)2005

    • Author(s)
      山本吉宣
    • Journal Title

      国際関係論研究 23

      Pages: 1-43

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] American International Relations Theories after the Cold War2005

    • Author(s)
      Yoshinobu Yamamoto
    • Journal Title

      Journal of International law and Diplomacy Volume 103, No.4

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] International Politics of Stratification after the Cold War,2005

    • Author(s)
      Yoshinobu Yamamoto
    • Journal Title

      Aoyama International Politics and Economics No.66

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 帝国システムの国際政治理論(上)2004

    • Author(s)
      山本吉宣
    • Journal Title

      国際関係論研究 22

      Pages: 1-63

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Book] 「帝国」の国際政治学2006

    • Author(s)
      山本吉宣
    • Total Pages
      420
    • Publisher
      東信堂
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Book] International Politics of Empire2006

    • Author(s)
      Yoshinobu Yamamoto
    • Publisher
      Tokyo : Toshindo Publishing(Forthcoming)
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2007-12-13  

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