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139073
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Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) are said to have been in a “quasialliance” since the Cold War period, drawing closer at times during doubts over U.S. security commitment to Asia. In recent years, however, this status quo appears to have changed. Despite anxieties of U.S. retrenchment, the relations between the two states have hit an all-time low because of arguments over how the history of Japanese imperialism should be remembered, and they show no signs of improving. Does this mean that the quasi-alliance has ended? This article
examines this question, and concludes that the quasi-alliance between Japan and South Korea has broken down because of escalating arguments over the “history issue.” Japan-ROK bilateral relations are dogged by misunderstandings of each other, and that this is needlessly distancing the two states from one another. The termination of the Japan-ROK quasi-alliance because of the “history issue” is, on balance, a negative development for the security of the Asia-Pacific and a demonstration of short-term political judgement. If the two states are serious
about resolving this deadlock, both need to overcome mutual stereotypes that are
“taken for granted.”
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138466
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The role and place of certain problems of the past in Japan's relations with neighboring countries including official apologies, "comfort women," and visits by Japanese officials to the Shinto Yasukuni Shrine are examined.
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133967
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2014.
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The idea that China's rise, and more specifically its increased material capabilities, are about to produce a power shift in East Asia raises the question whether the Chinese government's ability to produce effects through discursive power has also increased. The government's use of discourses about China's war against Japan is a conspicuous example of attempts to exercise discursive power. Has China's ability to use the past for political purposes increased as its material capabilities have grown? To answer this question, I theorize on the use of discourses about the past on three levels-domestic, bilateral, and international. My analysis demonstrates that notwithstanding its increased material capabilities, the Chinese government's discursive power has actually decreased.
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