Constructing a Comprehensive Policy Framework for Japan's Border Security

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12998
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: International relations
• Research Institution: Chukyo University
• Principal Investigator: FURUKAWA Koji 中京大学, 法学部, 教授 (00340183)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 国境警備 / 国境防衛 / 領海警備 / 出入国管理 / 国民保護

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present study has constructed a comprehensive policy framework for Japan's border security - a policy field that has been characterized by its fragmentation, covering such policy areas as defense, policing, immigration, and fishery. Through such a framework, the study has assessed the current situations that Japan is facing. One key finding is that among various border areas, only the Senkaku area has required the government’s attention for border security since 2010’s. Another is that effective and efficient border security requires coordination among various policy areas - such coordination is actually taking place in some partial manners.

Free Research Field

国際関係論