Competing Visions of Japan’s Relations with Southeast Asia, 1938-1960

Dr. Heiko Lang

doi:10.5771/9783748904915

Summary

This book offers the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of the Japanese debate on the nation’s South East Asia policy from 1938–1941 and 1952–1960.

In a detailed discourse analysis, it compares competing arguments offered by business circles, the military, the political and diplomatic elites, and intellectuals on Japan’s regional strategy. This book advances the field of the history of Japan’s diplomatic thinking, not only by addressing the issue of continuity and change in the discourse on Japan’s relations with South East Asia, but also by demonstrating how this debate served to explore more fundamental questions about Japan’s identity, its relations with Western nations and its stance on Asian solidarity.

Heiko Lang (PhD) completed his doctoral studies at the Universities of Tokyo and Munich and is currently teaching international relations at Hosei University, Tokyo.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-6400-6
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-0491-5
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Japan in Ostasien | Japan in East Asia
Volume: 5
Language: English
Pages: 437
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 16
1. 1.1 The significance of Japan’s relations with Southeast Asia No access
2. 1. 1.2.1 Studies on the first transformative period (1938–1941) No access
  2. 1.2.2 Studies on the second transformative period (1950s) No access
  3. 1.2.3 Limitations of the previous scholarship No access
  4. 1.2.4 Conclusion No access
3. 1. 1. 1.3.1.1 What is a “concept”? Definitions and possibilities of occupying terms No access
    2. 1.3.1.2 Three characteristics of concepts No access
  2. 1. 1.3.2.1 Aims of a discourse analysis of Japan’s Southeast Asia relations No access
    2. 1.3.2.2 Definition and constitutive elements of a “discourse” No access
    3. 1. A. Ontological Premises: Discourses as struggles over meaning No access
      2. B. Variables deciding the scope of the interpretation of concepts No access
      3. C. Structural conditions for attributing meaning to concepts No access
    4. 1.3.2.4 Applying discourse theory for discourse analysis No access
  3. 1.3.3 Constructivism No access
4. 1. 1.4.1 Journals No access
  2. 1. A) Zaikai No access
    2. B) The navy No access
    3. C) The political elites (seikai) No access
    4. D) The Diplomatic Elite: Members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs No access
5. 1.5 The fundamental dilemma of Japan’s modern foreign policy No access
6. 1.6 “Southeast Asia” as a constructed region No access
1. 2.1 The political context: Japan and Southeast Asia in the 1930s No access
2. 1. 2.2.1 The global emergence of regionalism and the shift in Japan’s foreign policy orientation No access
  2. 2.2.2 Intellectual reactions in Japan No access
3. 1. 2.3.1 Constructing the Nanyō region’s “place” No access
  2. 2.3.2 Shifting Japanese images of the Nanyō region: From “uncivilized Orient” towards “Asia”? No access
1. 3.1 Introduction: The proclamation of the “New Order in East Asia” No access
2. 1. 1. 3.2.1.1 General introduction to this argument No access
    2. 3.2.1.2 Zaikai mainstream No access
    3. 3.2.1.3 MOFA mainstream No access
  2. 1. 3.2.2.1 General introduction to this argument No access
    2. 3.2.2.2 Zaikai minority No access
    3. 3.2.2.3 MOFA minority No access
  3. 1. 3.2.3.1 General introduction to this argument No access
3. 1. 1. 3.3.1.1 General introduction to this argument No access
    2. 3.3.1.2 Zaikai mainstream No access
  2. 1. 3.3.2.1 General introduction to this argument No access
    2. 3.3.2.2 Zaikai minority No access
  3. 1. 3.3.3.1 General introduction to this argument No access
    2. 3.3.3.2 MOFA minority No access
  4. 3.3.4 Conclusion: Constructing the nature of nanshin No access
4. 1. 1. 3.4.1.1 General introduction No access
    2. 3.4.1.2 Zaikai majority No access
    3. 3.4.1.3 MOFA No access
  2. 1. 3.4.2.1 General introduction No access
5. 3.5 Conclusion: Competing visions of the “Nanyō Problem” No access
1. 4.1 Introduction: The proclamation of the “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere” No access
2. 1. 1. 4.2.1.1 General introduction to this argument No access
    2. 4.2.1.2 Zaikai No access
    3. 4.2.1.3 MOFA mainstream No access
  2. 1. 4.2.2.1 General introduction to this argument No access
    2. 4.2.2.2 Zaikai No access
    3. 4.2.2.3 Navy No access
  3. 1. 4.2.3.1 General introduction to this argument No access
    2. 4.2.3.2 Zaikai No access
3. 1. 1. 4.3.1.1 General introduction to this argument No access
    2. 4.3.1.2 Zaikai minority No access
    3. 4.3.1.3 MOFA No access
    4. 4.3.1.4 Navy minority No access
  2. 1. 4.3.2.1 General introduction to this argument No access
    2. 4.3.2.2 Navy mainstream No access
  3. 1. 4.3.3.1 General introduction to this argument No access
    2. 4.3.3.2 Zaikai mainstream No access
    3. 4.3.3.3 MOFA minority No access
4. 1. 1. 4.4.1.1 General introduction to this strategy No access
    2. 4.4.1.2 Zaikai minority No access
  2. 1. 4.4.2.1 General introduction to this strategy No access
    2. 4.4.2.2 Zaikai majority No access
    3. 4.4.2.3 Navy No access
5. 1. 1. 4.5.1.1 General introduction to this argument No access
    2. 4.5.1.2 Zaikai minority No access
  2. 1. 4.5.2.1 General introduction to this argument No access
    2. 4.5.2.2 Zaikai majority No access
    3. 4.5.2.3 Navy No access
6. 1. 4.6.1 Three distinct arguments for framing the “Nanyō problem” No access
  2. 4.6.2 Changes in the discursive structure and importance for Japan’s foreign policy orientation No access
1. 1. 5.1.1 Confronting a transformed region: The economic and political context No access
  2. 5.1.2 Japan’s post-war Southeast Asia strategy as “economic” policies No access
2. 5.2 Locating “Southeast Asia” No access
3. 1. 1. 5.3.1.1 Positioning Japan within the Cold War paradigm No access
    2. 5.3.1.2 Positioning Japan in terms of the traditional divide between “Asia” and the “West” No access
  2. 5.3.2 Framing the regional environment No access
  3. 5.3.3 Defining Japan’s international identity via its relations with Southeast Asia No access
1. 1. 6.1.1 Introduction No access
  2. 1. 6.1.2.1 General introduction to this argument No access
    2. 6.1.2.2 Zaikai No access
    3. 6.1.2.3 Seikai and MOFA No access
  3. 1. 6.1.3.1 General introduction to this argument No access
    2. 6.1.3.2 Zaikai No access
    3. 1. A. The conservative elite No access
      2. B. MOFA No access
2. 1. 6.2.1 Introduction: The principal cleavage lines concerning the nature and function of Southeast Asia No access
  2. 1. 6.2.2.1 General introduction to this argument No access
    2. 6.2.2.2 Zaikai No access
  3. 1. 6.2.3.1 General introduction to this argument No access
    2. 6.2.3.2 Zaikai No access
    3. 6.2.3.3 Seikai and MOFA No access
  4. 1. 6.2.4.1 General introduction to this argument No access
    2. 6.2.4.2 Zaikai No access
    3. 6.2.4.3 Seikai No access
3. 1. 6.3.1 Introduction: Conceptualizing Japan’s regional approach No access
  2. 1. 6.3.2.1 General introduction to this argument No access
    2. 6.3.2.2 Zaikai No access
    3. 6.3.2.3 Seikai and MOFA No access
  3. 1. 6.3.3.1 General introduction to this argument No access
    2. 6.3.3.2 Zaikai No access
    3. 6.3.3.3 MOFA No access
  4. 1. 6.3.4.1 General introduction to this argument No access
    2. 6.3.4.2 Seikai and MOFA No access
  5. 1. 6.3.5.1 General introduction to this argument No access
    2. 6.3.5.2 Zaikai No access
    3. 6.3.5.3 Seikai No access
4. 6.4 Conclusion: Constructing Japan’s relations with Southeast Asia, 1950s No access
1. 7.1 Contested visions of the relationship No access
2. 7.2 The importance of the debate on Japan’s relations with Southeast Asia for defining Japan’s foreign policy No access
3. 7.3 The importance of the debate for defining Japan’s identity No access
8 References No access Pages 375 - 437