Variations on a Pan-Asianist Theme: the ‘Special Relationship’ between Japan and Thailand

Lehmann, Jean‐Pierre

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“…Meanwhile, in Japan, from 1960 and in the early 1970s there were progressive easing of capital export controls in Japan and Japanese investment began to move into Asia. Reasons included to: reduce land and labour costs to compete with South Korea and Taiwan; improve access to raw materials; and address pollution problems through relocating polluting activities (Lehmann, : 62; Stubbs, : 156). Thailand passed policies to attract foreign investment, such as permitting profit repatriation and kept labour wages low and labour rights weak (Phongpaichit and Baker, : 132).…”

Section: Post‐wwii To Mid‐1980s Plaza Accordmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Sentiments against Japanese investors and Japan led to street protests and product boycotts from 1972 until 1985 (Chittiwatanapong, : 85). In 1984, Dr. Amnuay Viravan, Thailand's former Permanent Secretary for Finance, commented in a journal article: ‘ASEAN finds itself in the role of raw material supplier to Japan and as a market place for Japanese consumer and capital goods’ (Lehmann, : 66). Japan responded by reducing import duties and increasing its aid, which simultaneously sought to appease concerns and further its own investment and trade opportunities (Rudner, : 115; Stubbs, : 158).…”

Section: Post‐wwii To Mid‐1980s Plaza Accordmentioning

confidence: 99%

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How transboundary processes connect commons in Japan and Thailand: A relational analysis of global commodity chains and East Asian economic integration

Middleton

Ito

2020

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In this paper, with a focus on Japan and Thailand, we outline a relational environmental and economic history of East Asian economic integration (EAEI) and its implication for the commons in both places. We draw attention in particular to global commodity chains as relational processes not only of trade and investment, but also geopolitics and aid, to argue that these transborder processes have connected together commons in distant localities resulting in their simultaneous enclosure, dispossession and (re-)commoning with implications for community vulnerabilities in positive and negative ways. To demonstrate this argument we analyse three periods of EAEI: the late nineteenth century until World War II, when Japan and Thailand both began to modernise and new trade and geopolitical relations emerged in the context of colonialism; the post-World War II recovery until the Plaza Accord in 1986, during which time Japan rapidly industrialised, as did Thailand to a lesser extent and regionalism was largely defined by US hegemony; and the post-Plaza Accord period, when Japan deindustrialised its labour intensive manufacture and heavy industry and Thailand rapidly industrialised and EAEI became defined by new and intensified global commodity chains.

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Section: Post‐wwii To Mid‐1980s Plaza Accordmentioning

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How transboundary processes connect commons in Japan and Thailand: A relational analysis of global commodity chains and East Asian economic integration

Middleton

Ito

2020

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“…Unlike all other nations in the Asia Pacific, Thailand was never colonized, has no particular relations to any Western nations, and was neither invaded nor occupied by Japanese armed troops during the Second World War. Since most of the population is Buddhist, Thailand has closer cultural links with Japan than other ASEAN nations (Lehmann, 1987). In addition, Japan is one of Thailand's traditional trade partners and investors, contributing to the country's development through official development assistance (ODA) and technical cooperation.…”

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Beyond Bilateral: The Constitutive Dimensions of Strategic Partnership between Japan and Thailand

Falah

Rahman

2022

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This article discusses bilateral state cooperation that was developed, with the agreement of both states, into a more comprehensive and long-term partnership, known as a Strategic Partnership. The dynamics in the bilateral relationship between these states, then become an attraction to further analyze the Japan-Thailand strategic partnership. The focus in this article is on the function of the strategic partnership, the roles of the two actors, and viewing it in a constitutive dimension. The author uses qualitative research using primary and secondary data in analyzing. The relationship and interactions between Japan and Thailand are analyzed on three levels: international, bilateral and individual, using the concept of strategic partnership as a social interaction between global actors and the role-playing that occurs. By observing from the perspective of both actors, the authors argue that the strategic partnership agreed upon by Japan and Thailand acts as an agency that facilitates self-conception to maintain their position, status and role in the international system.

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Variations on a Pan-Asianist Theme: the ‘Special Relationship’ between Japan and Thailand

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How transboundary processes connect commons in Japan and Thailand: A relational analysis of global commodity chains and East Asian economic integration

How transboundary processes connect commons in Japan and Thailand: A relational analysis of global commodity chains and East Asian economic integration

Beyond Bilateral: The Constitutive Dimensions of Strategic Partnership between Japan and Thailand

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