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ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: JAPANS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Volume 2

JAPAN AT THE SUMMIT

JAPAN AT THE SUMMIT

Its Role in the Western Alliance and in Asian Pacific Co-operation

SHIRO SAITO

First published in 1990 by Routledge

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1990 The Royal Institute of International Affairs

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Japan at the Summit

Its Role in the Western Alliance and in Asian Pacific Co-operation

Shiro Saito

First published 1990
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
a division of Routledge, Chapman and Hall, Inc.
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001

1990 The Royal Institute of International Affairs

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Mews Photosetting, Beckenham, Kent

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be
reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or
by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now
known or hereafter invented, including photocopying
and recording, or in any information storage or
retrieval system, without permission in writing from
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Saito, Shiro

Japan at the Summit: its role in the Western
Alliance and in Asian Pacific cooperation.
1. Japan. Foreign relations. Policies of government,
history
I. Title
327.52

ISBN 0-415-04271-2

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Sait, Shir, 1929

Japan at the summit: Japans role in the western alliance and
Asian Pacific cooperation / Shiro Saito.

p. cm.

Bibliography: p.

Includes index.

ISBN 0-415-04271-2

1. Japan Foreign relations 1945 2. World politics 1945
3. Summit meetings. I. Title.
DS889.5.S25 1990
327 .52dc20

8910357

CIP

The Royal Institute of International Affairs is an independent body which promotes the rigorous study of international questions and does not express opinions of its own. The opinions expressed in this publication are the responsibility of the author.

Contents

Japan is today in the middle of revolutionary changes in terms both of its internal structure and of its external environment. The risen yen symbolizes developments which affect almost the whole fabric of Japanese economic life as well as the worlds trade and business transactions. Just as Japan has been the greatest beneficiary of the US-led GATT/Bretton Woods system, it will also be the hardest hit by that systems declining efficacy. In spite of calls for a new framework of Pacific co-operation as an alternative to the weakening Bretton Woods system, the issues of leadership and structure for such a system remain a key stumbling-block.

The shift in the economic balance of power does not result in an automatic transfer of leadership in the political and security spheres. In the Western alliance system, the United States still intends to perform the supreme role in the global strategic context, despite its relative decline in economic strength. Europe tends to assume an independent political leadership, but with no global strategic role in its perception. By contrast, Japans economic and financial supremacy has hardly been translated into any politico-strategic power.

Japan now needs to redefine its perception of itself, which stems from its geopolitical circumstances, historical experiences, and domestic ruling pattern, in accordance with its changing status in the world order. The hazards of undertaking a study of the basic issues are indeed formidable. Yet it is precisely at this point of transition that the effort should be made. This book is one such endeavour.

Perhaps a few words are needed to explain my title, Japan at the Summit. Based on an idea first suggested by Professor Ronald Dore, it was conceived with two implications: first, Japan as an actor in the annual summit meetings of the seven major industrial powers; and, second, Japan as having climbed to the top of the economic ladder of world prestige. Both positions require the Japanese to learn how to attain a proper equilibrium so as to avoid the pitfalls and dangers of a hierarchical relationship not only with the West but also with their Asian neighbours, which is one of the main themes of this book.

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