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ID097777
Title ProperPolitical survival and the Yasukuni controversy in Sino-Japanese relations
LanguageENG
AuthorCheung, Mong
Publication2010.
Summary / Abstract (Note)This article presents a reinterpretation of Japan's responses toward China's pressure over the Yasukuni issue. It is generally taken for granted that Japan's official responses to China's pressure over the issue are determined by the personality of individual leaders, the emergence of Japanese conservative nationalism and the calculations of Japan's national interests with regard to China's strategic role. With the examination of two cases during the Koizumi and Abe administrations between 2001 and 2007, this paper offers an alternative interpretation by highlighting the rationality of individual political actors and the primacy of domestic political survival. The article suggests domestic political legitimacy of individual leaders is a vital factor that affects Japan's official responses to China's pressure over the Yasukuni issue.
`In' analytical NotePacific Review Vol. 23, No. 4; Sep 2010: p.527 - 548
Journal SourcePacific Review Vol. 23, No. 4; Sep 2010: p.527 - 548
Key WordsYasukuni Controversy ;  Political Survival ;  China ;  Japan ;  Sino - Japanese Relations


 
 
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