Japan and Taiwan : the Political Processes of Economic Diplomacy in the Postwar Period

台湾问题在战后中日关系中日益成为问题，对亚洲的稳定也有着深远的影响。它的设计是为了回答一些研究问题。​它考察了日本和台湾经济政策的形成和发展，特别是在双边贸易、投资和航空领域。它分析了战后两岸关系中日益增长的经济一体化和相互依存的基本逻辑。本文还讨论了日本外交政策中联合国中心主义的基本原则以及台湾游说者在日本政治领导人中的活动。这本书的重点是日本和台湾的商界等非政府组织的作用和这些组织的结构。这本书是对在中国、日本、台湾负责外交事务的国会议员、经济界人士、外交家、前任大使、外国官员进行全面实地调查和采访的结果。此外，本书还在外交部驻北京、东京和台北的外交档案室做了大量的档案研究。虽然这本书的调查范围很广，但它并不是一部1945年至1980年代的台湾与日本关系史。

The Taiwan issue is increasingly becoming problematic in the postwar Sino-Japanese relations and it also has profound implications for the stability of Asia. This book explores the economic and political development between Japan and Taiwan during the administrations of Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Ching-kuo of Taiwan, both of which made the One China Principle the cornerstone of the Republic of China's foreign policy. It is designed to answer some research questions.1. It analyzes the patterns and trends of the triangular, strategic interactions among Japan, China and Taiwan. Special attention is given to the transitions of Japan's policy toward mainland China and Taiwan, Taipei's policy toward Japan,and China's policy toward Taiwan. It examines the formation and development of the economic policies of Japan and Taiwan, especially in the areas of bilateral trade, investment and aviation. It analyzes the basic logic of the growing economic integration and interdependence in postwar relations across the Taiwan Strait.2. It also discusses the fundamental principle of the United Nations Centralism in Japanese foreign policy and the activities of Taiwan Lobbyists among Japanese political leaders.The focus of this book is the role of the non-governmental organizations such as the business communities in Japan and Taiwan and the structures of those organizations. This book is based on comprehensive field works and interviews with members of the Diet, the business people, diplomats, former ambassadors, and foreign officials in China, Japan and Taiwan who were in charge of their foreign affairs. In addition, this book has done extensive archival research in the Diplomatic Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, Tokyo and Taipei. Although comprehensive in its scope of investigation, this book is not meant to be a contemporary history of the Taiwan-Japanese relations from 1945 to 1980s.