Hughes, Christopher W. and Krauss, Ellis S.. (2007) Japan's new security agenda. Survival, Vol.49 (No.2). pp. 157-176. ISSN 0039-6338

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Abstract

New Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe has only been in office since late September, but already the outlines of his administration are becoming clearer, both in expected and unexpected directions. Abe’s administration is proving to be conservative and revisionist, and even more so than that of his predecessor Junichirō Koizumi. Abe has certainly moved to improve ties with China and South Korea—Beijing and Seoul the October destinations for his first overseas visits within two weeks of taking power—and thereby to limit the damage wrought by Koizumi’s visits to Yasukuni Shrine and bilateral wrangling over Japan’s colonial history. However, the general thrust of Abe’s diplomacy is built upon much of the legacy left by Koizumi, and is attempting to shift it on to a yet more pro-active and assertive path.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Alternative Title:	US-Japan alliance futures: Koizumi’s legacy, Abe’s security policies, US challenges
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations D History General and Old World > DS Asia
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Koizumi, Jun'ichirō, 1942-, Abe, Shinzō, 1954-, National security -- Japan, International relations, Japan -- Military policy, Japan -- Politics and government -- 1989-, Japan -- Foreign relations -- Korea (North), Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States, United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan
Journal or Publication Title:	Survival
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	0039-6338
Official Date:	June 2007
Volume:	Vol.49
Number:	No.2
Page Range:	pp. 157-176
Identification Number:	10.1080/00396330701437850
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/1018

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