Investigating Japanese government's perceptions of the postwar world as revealed in prime ministers' Diet addresses: focussing on East-West and North-South issues
Investigating Japanese government's perceptions of the postwar world as revealed in prime ministers' Diet addresses: focussing on East-West and North-South issues
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调查首相在国会演讲中揭示的日本政府对战后世界的看法：关注东西和南北问题
DOI：
10.1093/irap/lcn015
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发表时间：
2009
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Takafumi J. Suzuki
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作者：
Takafumi J. Suzuki
本研究以内容分析法分析日本首相的国会演说，以探讨战后日本政府对世界的看法。冷战结束后，许多学者通过对更广泛的问题或更长的时间段的研究，揭示了日本外交政策更具战略性和主动性的一面。在方法论上，这些研究与传统研究一样，主要从文献资料或案例研究中得出日本外交政策的特征，因此进一步的经验证据可以帮助这些讨论。通过对南北问题和东西问题的长期看法的调查，我们表明，日本外交政策的各个方面都具有个性。我们的结论是，这种方法提供了经验证据，并有助于构建一个多维的角度来描述日本的外交政策，从而有助于最近对这个话题的热烈讨论。
This study applies content analysis to Japanese prime ministers' Diet addresses in order to examine the Japanese government's perception of the world after World War II. Since the end of the Cold War, many scholars have revealed more strategic and proactive aspects of Japanese foreign policy by investigating broader issues or longer time periods. Methodologically, these studies as well as conventional studies derive the character of Japanese foreign policy mainly from an examination of documentary sources or case studies, thus further empirical evidence can help these discussions. By investigating the long-term perception focussing on North-South issues as well as East-West issues, we show that there are aspects of Japanese foreign policy with an individual character. We conclude that this method provides empirical evidence and helps to construct a multidimensional perspective for characterizing Japanese foreign policy, and thus contributes to the recent lively discussions on this topic.