Japan’s Policy Toward China Under Strong Anti-Chinese Sentiment: A Case of Terminating Yen Loans to China

Sekiyama, Takashi

doi:10.1007/s12140-012-9180-5

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“…Another example of foreign-ministerial change is the decision made by Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura to terminate Japan's yen loans to China in 2004. In this case, policy change was facilitated by a dramatic rise in anti-Chinese sentiment among the Japanese public (Sekiyama, 2012).…”

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Leader-driven foreign-policy change: Denmark and the Persian Gulf War

Doeser

2013

International Political Science Review

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In contrast to most previous research on foreign-policy change, this article investigates how an individual decision-maker can have an impact on major changes in foreign policy. The article takes as its theoretical point of departure the concept of leader-driven change, which focuses on the determined efforts of a political leader to change policy. Empirically, the article investigates the change that occurred in Denmark's foreign policy when its government decided to participate in the United Nations sanctions against Iraq in August 1990. The article finds that the foreign minister was the main initiator of the policy change, that his personal characteristics played a decisive role, and that the Gulf crisis created a window of opportunity for the foreign minister to initiate the change in policy. In implementing the policy change, however, the foreign minister could not act independently, since he needed the support of other political actors. On the basis of these empirical findings, the article suggests a new theory of foreign-policy change.

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Leader-driven foreign-policy change: Denmark and the Persian Gulf War

Doeser

2013

International Political Science Review

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“…In the 2000s, anti-China sentiment in Japan increased further, triggered by anti-Japanese demonstrations in China (2003) and the 2010 collision between Japanese and Chinese vessels off the Senkaku Islands. Reflecting a strong anti-Chinese sentiment, Japan terminated its official development assistance (ODA) loans to China in 2008 (Sekiyama 2012). It was also the time when the U.S. policy changed accordingly.…”

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The Rise of China and Evolving Defense Cooperation between India and Japan

Keerthiraj

Sekiyama

2023

Social Sciences

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This research paper investigates the evolving defense cooperation between India and Japan in the context of the strategic landscape in the Indo-Pacific region, particularly considering China’s rise. The existing literature recognizes China’s increasing influence as a significant factor in India-Japanese security cooperation, but tends to overlook the dynamics behind India’s shifting stance. The study reveals that India initially hesitated to actively engage in anti-China security cooperation with Japan until the mid-2010s, but later adopted a more proactive partnership. An analysis of policy documents, political speeches, and government records attributes India’s initial reluctance to its commitment to non-alignment and strategic autonomy, its desire to balance relations with both China and Japan, and its domestic political priorities favoring economic development over military expansion or strategic alliances. However, growing concerns over China’s assertiveness, military modernization, a change in political leadership, and the Quad’s development as a regional security platform have prompted India’s attitude shift. The research’s recommendations not only offer a roadmap for India, Japan, and other Indo-Pacific countries with deep economic ties to China, but also help combat China’s military threats to contribute to regional stability and security, address common challenges, and foster a peaceful and prosperous Indo-Pacific region.

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“…Leaders in China occasionally intimated that the loans were in lieu of war reparations which China had waived upon diplomatic normalisation and that Japan owed China the loans for moral reasons. These issues were to become a source of friction when the Japanese government decided to reduce and eventually stop the loans due to concerns over Chinese military development and rising anti-Chinese sentiment in Japan (Sekiyama 2012).…”

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Cool, warm, soft and sharp: paradigms of cultural exchange in Japan–China relations

Vyas

2020

International Journal of Cultural Policy

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In the postwar period, relations between Japan and China have veered between cold and warm. For most of this period, due to historical and ideological issues, there has been an underlying tension which has prevented genuinely friendly relations and open cultural exchange between the two states. However, there have been periods of time when more open cultural exchanges and free information flows have occurred, and when genuinely friendly and cooperative relations have seemed possible. This article first proposes a model of cultural exchange based on types of information flow between countries. It then reviews zero-sum and nonzero sum theoretical perspectives on cultural exchange. Using these ideas, the article then uses several paradigms to characterise cultural exchange in Japan-China relations, namely people to people, partnership, reciprocity, soft power and sharp power paradigms, from the postwar era up to current times.

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Japan’s Policy Toward China Under Strong Anti-Chinese Sentiment: A Case of Terminating Yen Loans to China

Cited by 4 publications

References 2 publications

Leader-driven foreign-policy change: Denmark and the Persian Gulf War

Leader-driven foreign-policy change: Denmark and the Persian Gulf War

The Rise of China and Evolving Defense Cooperation between India and Japan

Cool, warm, soft and sharp: paradigms of cultural exchange in Japan–China relations

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