Post-Cold War Japanese Politics, Economy, and Diplomacy

Author: Liang Yunxiang Ying Xiaoyan
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Publish Date: 2000-09-01
Features: This book primarily discusses the changes in Japan's domestic politics, economy, and foreign policy during the post-Cold War era (i.e., the entire 1990s). Politically, it takes the downfall of the Liberal Democratic Party in July 1993 and the collapse of the "55-year System" as a turning point, narrating the changes before and after and analyzing future trends. Economically, it uses the collapse of Japan's bubble economy in the early 1990s as a turning point, comparing the Japanese economy before and after this period and exploring some reforms and future developments of the Japanese economy. Diplomatically, it primarily uses the Gulf War in the early 1990s as a turning point, comparatively narrating and analyzing Japan's different foreign policies before and after the Cold War. It analyzes post-Cold War Japanese foreign policy characterized by politicization and multilateralism at global, regional, and bilateral levels, and discusses and explores changes in Japan's post-Cold War foreign policy decision-making system.