Titlebook: Japan’s Evolving Foreign Policy Doctrine; From Yoshida to Miya Bert Edström Book 1999 Bert Edström 1999 cold war.economy.foreign policy.Pol

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The Computerized Bulldozer on the International Stage: Tanaka Kakuei,o Imperial University and former élite bureaucrat was replaced by a self-made man with only a junior high school education. In 1972, in a showdown for the premiership, Tanaka defeated Fukuda Takeo who was 14 years his senior (Calder, 1988, p. 105).. Tanaka was one of Japan’s youngest prime ministers

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A Liberal Turning Realist: Miki Takeo, of many countries. Not least Japan, with its heavy dependence on imported oil, faced the arduous task of adjusting to radically different conditions. The alarming events during the oil ‘crisis’, when ships destined for Japan suddenly changed their route away from Japan, made it evident to many that

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,Turning the Tide: Ōhira Masayoshi,ould not hide the urge of the Japanese leadership for greater independence in foreign policy. This development was brought to a halt with Fukuda’s successor, Ōhira Masayoshi. The invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 made him conclude that Japan had to support US efforts to contain threats to sec

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The Symbolic Statesman: Nakasone Yasuhiro,old view that a change of premier meant a shift of policy style was illustrated only too well. Nakasone’s political career was characterized by ‘direct speech and vigorous action’ (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1984, p. 1). He was known as an ardent nationalist and outspoken ‘hawk’ on security and de

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A Local Politician on the Global Stage: Takeshita Noboru,the scene as prime minister in November 1987. The internationally acclaimed and versatile Nakasone was replaced by a politician primarily interested in domestic politics and whose speaking ability was considered poor (Nester, 1990, p. 175). Takeshita’s ascent to power meant a shift ‘back to basics’

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Hope and Uncertainty: Kaifu Toshiki,confirmed when Takeshita’s successor Uno Sōsuke had to resign after only two months. His successor, Kaifu Toshiki, was the first premier born in the Shōwa period and had kept his image of a young LDP hopeful ever since he was first elected in 1960 as the youngest member of the parliament.. His candi

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Full Circle: Miyazawa Kiichi,decades, and had started to be seen as a bit worn-out as a politician. Now, it was Rie, his modelling daughter who made the public pay attention to the Miyazawa name. Yet, suddenly he found himself premier, at the age of 72 the oldest to assume this office in the postwar period.. The contrast to his

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,Conclusion: Japan’s Evolving Foreign-Policy Doctrine,e shattered nation of the early postwar years when cold-war exigencies shaped the security treaty. The country is now the world’s second largest economy, but it had to start from scratch after the war. In the prewar period policies with ‘a rich country with a strong army’, ., as their banner made th