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120177
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2013.
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Having specialised in Japanese and East Asian affairs for much of my career as a diplomat in the British Foreign Office, I had the great privilege to be British Ambassador in Japan from 2008 to 2012. I first served in the British Embassy in Tokyo in the late 1970s, at the time of the second oil shock, and returned for my second tour of duty during the "Lost Decade" of the 1990s. During that period I saw the relationship grow from strength to strength. British and Japanese approaches to many of the major international issues facing the world have become increasingly aligned. And individual contacts remain extremely friendly and oriented towards a genuine sense of partnership.
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ID:
167679
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In this article, Sir David Warren, who was British Ambassador to Japan from 2008 to 2012, lays out the historical background to modern Japan, its political and economic structures (and international relationships); explores why we tend not to think of Japan as affected by the populism that we see in other Western democracies; and asks why Japan still presents itself as such a ‘different’ country.
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ID:
120994
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2013.
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Japan is an international giant in economic and industrial terms but remains an insular nation in some other respects, perhaps as a result of a tendency towards requiring its politicians to build a high level of consensus on issues where attitudes and opinions are strongly polarised. The Liberal Democratic Party returned to power in the December 2012 general election, committed to kick-starting the economy with more aggressive spending and monetary policies; there is also speculation that it may prove a more nationalistic government at a time of greater tension in the Japan/China relationship, although so far it is pursuing pragmatism rather than confrontation
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