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On Japan’s “Global Food Value Chain Strategy”

CHENG Yong-ming

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (1): 7-16. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.01.002

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In recent years, Japan has adopted an “active attack” policy to actively promote the overseas development of agriculture, forestry, aquatic products and food.To this end, the government has promulgated a number of related policies, including the “Global Food Value Chain Strategy”, and formed a multilevel and multifield “combined” support policy system. The strategy has the characteristics of emphasizing the implementation concept of both government and people, the coordination of basic and regional strategies, the linkage between bilateral government economic cooperation mechanisms and private investment, and the “bundled” export of hardware such as products and equipment, and software such as management systems.

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Japanese Economic Policy Uncertainty and Enterprise R&D Investment ——An Empirical Analysis Based on Listed Companies

DENG Mei-wei

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (1): 17-27. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.01.003

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This paper examines time series features of the fluctuation of Japanese economic policy uncertainty, using the micro data of Janpanese listed companies and an empirical model to analyze the influence of Japanese economic policy uncertainty on enterprise R&D. The main conclusions are as follows: Firstly, the increase of Japanese economic policy uncertainty has a negative impact on enterprises R&D; Secondly, the influences may vary due to industry differences; Thirdly, different economic policy uncertainty has different kinds of impact on Japanese enterprises R&D activities.The increase in the uncertainty of trade policy and financial policy has negative effects on enterprises R&D activities, while the increase in the uncertainty of fiscal policy and exchange rate policy will stimulate R&D. Compared with Japan, Chinese enterprises have less experience in R&D management and weak risktaking ability. The government should pay more attention to avoiding the wild fluctuation of economic policies, creating a good market environment, and taking effective measures to support enterprise innovation activities.

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An Analysis of the Effects and Reasons of QQE of Bank of Japan

YUAN Wei, KANG Shu-sheng

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (1): 28-38. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.01.004

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Faced with Japans longterm deflation and weak economic growth, the Bank of Japan initiated QQE: the Bank of Japan continued to increase base currency, adopted negative interes tratepolicy, implemented yield curve control, and guided public expectations. Since the implementation of the policy, the time limit of inflation target has been delayed repeatedly. Although the policy improves the economic situation in the short term, it is also interfered by the global market and other countriespolicies. The poor transmission mechanism of monetary policy, the lack of stable expectations, aging population with fewer children, and the mutual restriction of fiscal and monetary policies all affect the economic effect of monetary policy.

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On the Studies of the Local History of Japan after World War II

ZHANG Yan-ru

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (1): 39-45. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.01.005

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After World War II, Japanese has achieved fruitful results in local historical studies targeting a certain administrative region or a historical region. During the early postwar period, in order to clear the influence of “Kōkoku shikan” and satisfy the needs of history education, the academic circles began to promote the study of local history. The establishment of the Local History Research Council provides a platform for collaboration between different regional history researchers. The study of local history in the early postwar period criticized the study of local history before the war, and then took historical materialism as the basic theoretical framework, focusing on the study of social economic history. The study of local history in Japan developed rapidly around 1970. Local history research associations were established one after another. Great achievements have been made in the fields of excavation, preservation, and public activities of local historical materials.Methods and theories have also formed a certain system. Since the end of the 1980s, local history research has changed a lot in terms of purpose, method, and perspective. It also gradually liberated itself from the status of being attached to the overall history, and became more selfreliant. Nevertheless, there were also many problems, such as the onesidedness in data collection and mixed quality of research.

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A Study of the Political and Religious Relationship Between Soka Gakkai and Komeito

BAO Feng-ming

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (1): 46-55. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.01.006

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Soka Gakkai, one of the new religion groups in Japan, inherited “Rissho Ankoku ron” the idea of political and religious unity from Nichiren Shoshu, and zealously carried out political activities in the relaxed democratic and ruleoflaw environment after World War II , establishing Komeito in 1964. The relationship between Soka Gakkai and Komeito has experienced four periods: Period of political and religious unity led by the religious group (1964 to 1969), Period of separation of church and state (1970 to the early 1990s ), Period of the religious group becoming a tool of the partys struggle ( the 1990s ), Period of conservatization of political party and the centralization of religious group ( 2000present ). From the 1970s, the policy of Komeito gradually deviated from the religious ideology of Soka Gakkai. The change of the relationship between Soka Gakkai and Komeito shows that from postwar democratization to politics and religious pluralism, religious forces still have profound influence on Japanese politics. At the same time, the essential attributes of political parties determine that religious parties must take the political power as the highest goal. In the complex political struggle, the political opinions of religious parties often conflict with religious ideas and form the reaction force to their maternal group.

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The Imperial Examination Participation of the Ooe Family in the Heian Period of Japan

WANG Fang

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (1): 56-63. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.01.007

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The Ooe family is a wellknown cultural family in the Heian Period of Japan.At 78 A.D.,the Eastern Spread of the Imperial Examination provided a chance for the development of the Ooe family. Reading is handed down from generation to generation, the Ooe family became the nobility by the advantages of learning.Eventually became an eminent family and cultural kindred in the Heian Period. The study of the Ooe family is not only beneficial to analyze the reasons for the success of the Ooe familys Imperial Examination, but also to grasp the internal relationship between the Ooe family and the characteristics of the Japanese Imperial Examination, and to tap the source of the Japanese society where the Imperial Examination cannot be rooted.

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A Study on the Multilingual Policy of Cross-Border Groups in Japan

WANG Lu

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (1): 64-72. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.01.008

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For cross-border groups, the policies of emigration and immigration have a profound impact. Before cross-border behaviors occur, the impact of the policies of the country of emigration is greater than those of the country of immigration. After cross-border behaviors occur, the opposite is true.The sound policies of the immigrant countries help cross-border groups to realize cross-border behavior. The more attractive the policies of the immigrant country, the stronger the motive for cross-border immigration behaviors. The basic premise of an immigrant country is that the immigration behavior of cross-border groups will bring benefits to the country. With the continuous intensification of the aging problem, Japan has been forced by population pressure to ease the immigration policy of cross-border groups. The immigration of cross-border groups not only brings national benefits to Japan, but also causes potential social crisis.The Japanese government has adopted a multilingual policy to alleviate the negative impact of cross-border groups, stabilize integration, and reduce the mutual exclusion between cross-border groups and their own groups.

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A Comparative Study of Fluid Metaphorical Thinking Between Japanese and Chinese

HAN Tao

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (1): 73-80. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.01.009

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Metaphor is a basic mode for human beings to understand the objective world. When different languages understand or talk about the same thing, they often face the choice of different cognitive models. This paper takes the usage of Japanese “nagare” and “nagareru” as an example, and tries to analyze the differences between Japanese and Chinese in the conceptualization of nouns from the perspectives of “the scope of metaphor” and “the depth of metaphor”. The study finds that although Chinese can also use fluid metaphor or to metaphorically represent nouns such as “time”, this thinking mode is a basic cognitive mode in Japanese, so abstract nouns such as “politics”, “story”, “competition” and “silence” in Japanese are based on fluid metaphor. Through the contrastive study between Japanese and Chinese, we can see that it is a remarkable feature that Japanese differs from Chinese to think about objective things by means of fluid metaphor.

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Politics of the Era Name and Dilemma of the Japanese Rightists the Adjustment of Its Policy towards Russia

CHENG Jie，LIAN De-gui

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (2): 1-8. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.02.001

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The Japanese era name was originally selected from ancient Chinese classics, its been a tradition for over a thousand years. However, the era name “Reiwa” was chosen from Japanese classic instead of classical Chinese literature. Behind this change lies the nationalistic activities of the Japanese rightists. Theyre trying to “desinicize” on this issue to implement rightist nationalistic policy. In addition, the “desinicization” of the era name is also a political exchange between Abe and the rightwing organization “Japanese Conference” on constitutional amendments and other issues. However, the rightists strongly advocated the legalization of the era name to preserve Japanese traditions, and then changed the tradition by promoting the era name from “national book”. This reflects their cultural and political difficulties.

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Development Cooperation Between China and Japan in the Mekong River Basin: From Phase 1.0 to Phase 3.0

GUO Hui

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (2): 9-22. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.02.002

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After the Cold War, the development cooperation between China and Japan in the Mekong River Basin can be divided into three phases, namely, Phase 1.0 (basic cooperation) starting in 1992, Phase 2.0 (mature cooperation) starting in 2013, and Phase 3.0 (new breakthrough cooperation)starting in 2019. From the perspective of development and the development theory, this study aims to explore how China and Japan carry out development cooperation in the Mekong River Basin, why there are different cooperation emphases in various development phrases, and what is implied by the continuous improvement of these cooperation emphases through comparing the different modes of cooperation in terms of mechanism, foreign aid, and soft power. This will facilitate a clear understanding of the process of change in the development cooperation between China and Japan in the Mekong River Basin from Phrase 1.0 to Phrase 3.0, in order to shed some light on the development cooperation projects of the international community.

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The Evolution, Policy Practice and Implications of Japan's Financial Budget Concept

HAO Yu-biao, LI Qi

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (2): 23-32. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.02.003

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The huge government debt problem in Japan has always been a hot topic in the academic circles. From the perspective of Japans fiscal budget concept, an analyzes this issue is conducive to a deep understanding of the causes of Japans fiscal difficulties. As an important economy in the world, Japan has experienced a rapid development after the war and then an economic downturn. Correspondingly, its fiscal budget concept has undergone four stages: balanced budget concept, cyclical budget balance, neoliberal fiscal concept, and a return to Keynesian fiscal concept. Japans fiscal budget concept and the experience and lessons learned in the process of fiscal policy practice have certain implications for Chinas fiscal policy formulation and economic development.

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A Study on Japans Policy and Care System for Coping with Cognitive Disorders

TIAN Xiang-lan

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (2): 33-40. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.02.004

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In 2015, the Japanese government upgraded its cognitive disorders policy to a national strategy, formulated a “comprehensive strategy for promoting cognitive disorders policy” (the New Orange Plan), and further improved the plan in 2017. According to the New Orange Plan, local autonomous bodies constructed a comprehensive community care system for the elderly with cognitive disorders, providing comprehensive medical, nursing, nursing prevention and life support services to enable them to spend their old age safely in their familiar communities. In order to protect the rights and interests of patients with cognitive disorders, the Japanese government established an adult guardian system, actively trained public guardians, and guaranteed the elderly with cognitive disorders to receive medical treatment and care at ease. Family members of cognitive disorders spontaneously organized “Cognitive Disorders Family Club”, and nongovernmental organizations set up various “Cognitive Disorders Cafes” with the support of the government to promote communication between cognitive patients and their families, relieve the burden of care, and form a social support network involving cognitive patients and their families, government, nongovernmental organizations and medical and nursing institutions.

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Japan's National Strategic Exploration of Geriatric Cognition

CHEN Xiang

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (2): 41-51. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.02.005

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With the continuous prolongation of the average life span of human beings, the cognitive disease, which is a great threat to human health, has increasingly become an important issue of national and social governance in the world. On June 18, 2019, the Japanese government deliberated and approved the “cognitive disease implementation program”, which established five strategic pillar policies based on the opinions of all cognitive patients and their families. So far, cognitive disease has officially become a part of Japans national strategy, rather than just as an “action plan”. Japans exploration of Geriatric Cognition and national strategic awareness can serve as an important “mirror”. Why Japan should pay attention to Geriatric Cognition at the level of national strategy, as well as the formation process and specific direction of the strategy, are all worthy of the attention of the Chinese academia.

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Japan's Experience and Implications in Promoting Active Aging Urban Governance Between Soka Gakkai and Komeito

GUO Pei

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (2): 52-59. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.02.006

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The rapid aging of population and the development of urbanization are important problems faced by many countries including Japan and China. Under the challenge of the parallel development of aging and urbanization, on the one hand, urban governance needs to plan supporting infrastructure and service facilities for the elderly in advance; on the other hand, the increase of the elderly population entails more perfect pension and medical services and comprehensive social support. In the process of managing the aging cities, Japan not only responded positively to the challenge with the concept of active aging, but also made some beneficial explorations and experiments from the aspects of “healthy gatekeepers”, “lifelong learning and social participation” and the promotion of old friendly cities. The experience of Japans active aging city construction has important implications for the improvement of China's urban pension system, the promotion of modern urban governance, and active response to population aging.

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An Analysis of Japans Cultural Exporting Strategy: Multiple Agents and Approaches of Nation Building

ZHANG Mei

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (2): 60-72. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.02.007

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“Cool Japan” is not an objective existence, but rather is constructed. Thenation Japan is constantly imagined, invented, contested and transformed through various cultural practices, such as national policy documents, economic and trade activities, interpretation activities, and media presentations related to Cool Japan Strategy. As the representative strategy on overseas promotion of Japanese culture, Cool Japan Strategy has developed into a systematic cultural process which is actively coordinated by the interpretation and definition of various departments of the Japanese government, the participation of nongovernmental people, the deep cultivation of foreign practitioners, and the publicity of media. Its approaches, mechanism and lessons are of great significance to Chinas strategy of cultural going out.

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How to Understand the “Count” and Its Related Concepts in Japanese Criminal Proceedings

LI Chong-tao1,2

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (2): 73-80. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.02.008

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There are many different opinions about the concept of “count” in China, and it is not easy for people to deeply and intuitively understand what “count” is. Especially on the issue of its important related concept “public prosecution facts”, domestic literature not only uses terms inconsistently, but also uses expressions like “case facts”, “criminal facts”, “crime constitutes facts” and “count facts”, etc., which have not been clarified, further increasing the difficulty of understanding the theory of “count”. In domestic context, on the basis of constructing the abovementioned concept system, “count” can be understood as the conviction opinion, and its factual basis must be stated in the indictment in order to distinguish it from others when prosecuting a person who has done something and is suspected of committing a crime. In the future, the practice of determining the object of criminal trial in continental law countries should be collectively referred to as “the system (mode) of the same facts as public prosecution”, and the old school theory of Japan on the object of criminal trial should be collectively referred to as “the object theory of the same facts as public prosecution”.

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On Abe Cabinet's Sending Troops to The Middle East: DecisionMaking, Breakthroughs and Objectives

XU Wan-sheng,LIANG Bao-wei

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (3): 1-9. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.03.001

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With the standoff between the United States and Iran and the rising tension in the Middle East, Japan Maritime SelfDefense Force has sent troops to the Middle East to collect intelligence at the start of 2020. Prime Minister Abe has presided over the decision of sending troops alone based on the approach of balanced diplomacy. The decision reflected both the continuity of Japans sending troops overseas in the postCold War era and the breakthroughs in the areas of legal basis, USJapan alliance, and policy approach. By sending troops to the Middle East, the Abe cabinet aims to achieve multiple strategic objectives. Overall, it is a decision more of symbolic significance than of concrete effects.

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On the Basic Regulation on Council under the Reforms of Japan’s Local Councils

JIN Cheng1,2, ZHOU Min2

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (3): 10-19. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.03.002

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Due to various factors, Japan‘s local councils have always faced problems such as limited power, ineffective performance, and poor public perception. The Decentralization Reform has created favorable conditions for the local council reform. The changes in the local political and economic environment in the 1990s further forced the councils to reform themselves. The basic regulation on council has been enacted by the local councils to regulate the basic affairs of local councils. The basic regulation on council is not only an important achievement of local council reforms, but also a blueprint for the reforms with legal protection. Local councils continue to push council reforms in accordance with the basic regulation on council.

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The Institutional Substitution of Japans Industrialization Shortage：Focusing on the Influence of Commercial Law Adaptive Translation on the Formation of Zaibatsu

PING Liqun

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (3): 20-28. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.03.003

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One of the most important contributions of the Meiji Restoration is that,through institutional innovations conductive to technology import, it initiated the Japanese Industrial Revolution, promoted the process of industrialization, and laid the foundation for the advancement of industrialization.Among them is the complication of the Japanese Commerce Code through the transplantation of the Western mode by the Meiji government. Under the influence of familism, Meiji legislators adapted Western company law in favor of the wealthy family community, adjusting the relevant terms of general partnership company, limited partnership company and stock companies. The regulations on the corporate governance structure are in line with the xenophobic claims of property ownership by the major shareholder, the “Zaibatsu family”, and provide legal protection for strengthening the Zaibatsu familys control of the family business. The form of organization of general partnership company, limited partnership company and stock companies under the organic combination in Zaibatsu structure has realized the requirements of the limited ownership and liability of the Zaibatsu families. Under the guidance, protection and support of the Commercial Law, the formation and gigantism of Zaibatsu has made up for the two major shortfalls of Japan as a latecomer country initiating industrialization—the lack of primitive accumulation of capital and the lack of industrial systematization. The Japanese Zaibatsu can be considered as the institutional substitution for the shortage factors in the process of Japans industrialization. Although the Zaibatsu system could lower the cost of Japanese industrialization, the social cost of it could not be ignored.

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The Development and Implications of Japanese Smart Agriculture

SU Hang, MA Xiao-lei

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (3): 29-36. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.03.004

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Smart agriculture is the new trend of agriculture development in the era of big data and artificial intelligence. In face of the impact of agriculture development challenges and trade liberalization, the Japanese government proposed to develop smart agriculture to overcome the shortage of agriculture workforce, promote the productivity and revitalize Japanese agriculture.Therefore, the Japanese government set five development objectives for smart agriculture. Thedrone, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of things are the main technologies applied in Japanese smart agriculture.Support from Japanese government and participation of all parties are the characteristics of the development of Japanese smart agriculture. Meanwhile, Japanese government made great efforts to strengthen the international competitiveness of Japanesea griculture by developing smart agriculture. The development of Japanese smart agriculture offers a valuable reference for Chinese agriculture, which is in the process of informationization and intellectualization.

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A Further Study on Nishihara Loans and CAO Ru-lin, Lu Zong-yu and ZHANG Zong-xiangs Identity as “Traitors”

SUN Zhi-peng

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (3): 37-46. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.03.005

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In the process of carrying out the mainland policy in modern Japan, “the TwentyOne Demands” is an important practice of Japans “Keep North and Go South” invasion of China. Following the failure of the Okuma Cabinets armed invasion of China, the Terauchi Cabinet transformed its strategy,vigorously pursued economic invasion of China centered on the Nishihara loans, and collected a large number of new rights which had not been obtained by “the TwentyOne Demands”. In this process, Cao Rulin, Lu Zongyu and Zhang Zongxiang provided much help. Around the May 4th Movement, there were both facts and rumors about the antiJapanese factions evidence of “betrayal” of Cao, Lu and Zhang. However, Cao, Lu and Zhangs own argument of “no rebate” and “taking back Shandongs rights” could not withstand the test of historical facts and logical inference. Therefore, Nishihara Loans is not only the key link of inheriting “the TwentyOne Demands” and opening the May 4th Movement, but also the key evidence to confirm the identity of Cao, Lu and Zhang as “traitors”.

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Exploring the Relation Between the Emperor, the Government and the People in Japans Symbol Emperor System

XIONG Shu-e

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (3): 47-53. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.03.006

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Emperor Akihitos abdication in 2019, which marked the end of the Heisei era, has been a complicated issue for Emperor Akihito himself, the Abe administration and Japanese people. In appearance, the government prioritizes the Emperors wish and public opinion but had to make a concession and mediate between the Emperor, the conservative party and the public opinion. Public opinions are in favor of the Emperor, but tend to avoid an discussion on the issue of the symbol emperor system. Emperor Akihito, who respected the postwar constitution and royal tradition, is suspected of breaching the constitution and royal tradition. While much importance has been attached to “public opinion”by all sides, there has been a lack of due attention to the fundamental question - Is the public supportive of the Emperor himself, or the symbol emperor system？Public opinions should be respected, but not to be used selectively. As the continuation of prewar Japans system of government, the symbol emperor system matters not only to the past but to the future of Japan, and therefore is a problem that should be addressed properly by the Emperor,the government, and the public.

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The Inspiration of Zhu Xi’s Standpoint of “the Investigation of Things and the Extension of Knowledge” to Research on GoodnessThe Inspiration of Zhu Xi‘s Standpoint of “the Investigation of Things and the Extension of Knowledge” to Research on Goodness

GENG Zi-Jie

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (3): 54-61. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.03.007

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How Nishida Kitaro’s philosophy inherited NeoConfucianism is a grand topic.In fact, the theory of “the investigation of things and the extension of knowledge” was the starting point of Zhu Xis establishment of his NeoConfucianism system, and Research on Goodness established the unity of subject and object that ran through the different stages of NisidaKidaro‘s thoughts. Both ZhuXi Study and YangMing Study took the unity of heaven and humanity as the basic premise, but the starting point of learning lay in the two ends of “investigating things” and “the rediscovery of conscience”. In Nishida Kitaro’s later years, he paid more and more attention to the thought of “things” in the real historical world, which had begun to appear in the stage of Research on Goodness. Although he held the position of the unity of subject and object, he had been trying to overcome the tendency that Research on Goodness was misunderstood as psychologism or consciousness. In epistemology, he emphasized abandoning the subjective assumption of self and being consistent with the nature of things.Therefore, at least in terms of realism, the pure experience position established in Research on Goodness is closer to the theory of “the investigation of things and the extension of knowledge” of ZhuXi Study. In his later years, he also cited Zhu Xi‘s “investigating things”explanation to support his logical construction of the real historical world and ensure the objective authenticity of his thoughts.

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A Study of Tanaka Chigaku's Theory of Nichirenshugi Kokutai

JIA Si-jing

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (3): 62-69. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.03.008

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Under the social crisis in the early Taisho Period, Tanaka Chigakus theory of Nichirenshugi Kokutai combined the myth of the founding of Japan with the Lotus Sutra by Nichirens Buddhist idea, which advocated emperor worship and Japan centralism. Focusing on Tenno and Japan, the theory of Nichirenshugi Kokutai formed a kind of logic supporting absolute authority of the Tenno and beautifying the war of foreign aggression. While satisfying the expanding nationalism of modern Japan, the theory of Nichirenshugi Kokutai was utilized by ultranationalism and fascism in the Showa period, which became the cornerstone of the thought of foreign aggression.Under the social crisis in the early Taisho Period, Tanaka Chigakus theory of Nichirenshugi Kokutai combined the myth of the founding of Japan with the Lotus Sutra by Nichirens Buddhist idea, which advocated emperor worship and Japan centralism. Focusing on Tenno and Japan, the theory of Nichirenshugi Kokutai formed a kind of logic supporting absolute authority of the Tenno and beautifying the war of foreign aggression. While satisfying the expanding nationalism of modern Japan, the theory of Nichirenshugi Kokutai was utilized by ultranationalism and fascism in the Showa period, which became the cornerstone of the thought of foreign aggression.

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Exploration and Practice of Character Merchandising in Postwar Japan

HAN Ruo-bing

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (3): 70-80. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.03.009

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Character merchandising in postwar Japan was heavily impacted by Disneys character merchandising model. With the development of mass media and commodity exploitation, character merchandising promoted the chain of anime and manga industry and brought huge profits that also created a new source of profit for Japanese creators, producers and enterprise. Most importantly, the development of character merchandising in postwar Japan established the mechanism of exchange known as licensing and laid the foundation for anime and manga industry. Meanwhile character merchandising fit in with the needs of society at that time and was welcomed by Japanese children, which provided much room for anime and manga industry.

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Impact of COVID19 and Japanese Economy in PostEpidemic Era

ZHANG Ji-feng

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (4): 1-14. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.04.001

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Since the economic bubble burst in the early 1990s, Japan has not achieved real economic recovery. After 2013, Japan has a low level of longterm economic boom, but in the second half of 2019, Japanese economy began to take a downward turn. The sudden severe COVID19 pandemic has seriously damaged Japans economy, and made it even worse. The direct impact of COVID19 on Japans economy is that it has important negative effects on Japan's tourism industry, air transport, hotel, catering industry and exhibition industries; the indirect impact is that the the contraction of global economy and the break of industry chain cause the reduction of foreign demand and the stagnation of domestic production in Japan. With COVID19 epidemic waning, Japans domestic economy is on the mend, but it is still in an extremely serious situation. Moreover, the UScentric epidemic spread is still very grim, and is far from over. The world economy is expected to continue to decline. Looking to the future, Japans economy in postepidemic era is facing many challenges, and the prospect is not bright. Japans economy will shrink by about 5% in 2020, and it will fully recover to the level before the epidemic after 2022. In the medium and long term, with the progress of superaging society, the fiscal position will continue to deteriorate, labor shortage will increasingly become a restriction factor, the hopedfor potential economic growth may not arrive, and slow decline of Japanese economy is difficult to change.

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East Asian Regional Economic Cooperation and Japan’s Policy Orientation under COVID19

PEI Gui-fen，WANG Xin-ying

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (4): 15-23. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.04.002

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With the WTO multilateral mechanism stalled, regional economic and trade agreements have been progressing rapidly. CPTPP, JapanEU EPA, and USMCA have been in effect worldwide. Before the epidemic of COVID19, East Asia regional economic cooperation has also entered the fast lane; RCEP has entered the final stage; China, Japan, and South Korea also promised to accelerate ChinaJapanKorea FTA negotiations after RCEP. The outbreak of the epidemic has spawned cooperation in some issues such as epidemic prevention and public health in East Asian countries or regions, but it has cast a shadow over the established process of regional economic cooperation in East Asia. After the epidemic, the switching of Japans economic policy will greatly increase the uncertainty of signing RCEP during this year.

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The Impact of the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia on Japanese Society: The Trend of Japanese Society in the “PostCorona”Era

HU Peng

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (4): 24-33. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.04.003

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The new coronavirus pneumonia outbreak poses the biggest challenge to the world since the end of World War II, and its impact has far exceeded the epidemic itself. Since the spread of the epidemic in Japan in February 2020, it has many impacts on Japans economy and society. The outbreak of the epidemic has spawned new ways of working; it has highlighted the lagging of information and communication technology in the education sector; the epidemic has had a greater impact on lowincome groups; the relationship between men and women has been challenged again;the degree of “no contact” has increased. The epidemic is like a magnifying glass, highlighting the potential social problems in Japan. At the same time, the epidemic is like an accelerator, accelerating the pace of social change in Japan. It seems difficult for Japanese society in the “post corona” era to go back to the past.So, where will Japanese society go?

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The “Corona Divorce” in Japan from the Perspective of Generation and Evolution of New Social Risks

WANG Zan-wei

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (4): 34-42. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.04.004

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At the beginning of 2020, the global spread of CoVID19 had serious impacts on human society, and the phenomenon of “corona divorce” appears in many countries around the world.In order to relieve family pressure, Japanese government, enterprises, and social organizations have carried out different levels of governance.In terms of its root cause, “corona divorce” is the exposure of new social risks in the process of Japans transition to a “deindustrialized” society.In this process,under the influence of the subreplace ment fertility, the status of Japanese women has been improved, which has led to the transformation of the family, and profound changes have taken place in the form of family and the image of “home”. However, due to the influence of traditional labor and family concepts, the “worklife”status caused by gender differences is still unbalanced. The new social risks will intensify under the combined influence of many factors. In order to avoid risks, the actual divorce rate in Japan will not increase significantly in the short term.

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The Initial Construction of Japan’s Modern Public Health Epidemic Prevention System

WANG Yu-kun

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (4): 43-53. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.04.005

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Since the Meiji period, cholera has been rampant in Japan several times. The Ministry of Internal Affairs adjusted the health administration, and the initial construction was quite effective, but the epidemic situation was handled slowly, and the police intervened to assist in handling it. After the formation of path dependence, lazy political thinking appeared in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, unwilling to explore more preventive measures. Although the local epidemic prevention system is gradually improved, the effect is not good due to the mismatch between the power of affairs and the power of finance. The health police model launched by Tokyo gradually penetrated into the local area. The health administrative department adjusts measures at any time according to the development of the epidemic situation and the operation of the department. With the efforts of Nagayose, local health trade unions work in concert with the police and epidemic prevention infrastructure projects to form a complete epidemic prevention system.

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Research into the Essential Problem of Japanese “MUEN Death”

LI Shu-qin

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (4): 54-64. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.04.006

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In 2010, when “MUEN death” broke out in Japan, the Japanese academics almost regarded the essential problem of it as disintegration of the traditional community. Admittedly, since 1980s, Japanese single and solitude population has increased. It seems that the conclusion made by the Japanese scholars is absolutely right. However, an indepth analysis of the data will reveal that the Japanese singles do not originate from divorce, but from being unmarried. If the establishment of a marriage relationship means the rebirth of the family community, then being unmarried does not mean the disintegration of the family community, but that the family community is not reborn. In addition to blood ties, the Japanese traditional community based on geographical and industrial ties also exposes the problems it faces because of the phenomenon of “MUEN death”, but whether it can be called disintegration needs to be reconsidered. Disintegration or regeneration? Through analysis of Japanese official data, this paper finds that the fundamental problem reflected in the phenomenon of “MUEN death” in Japan is not the disintegration of the traditional community, but the dilemma of community regeneration.

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An analysis on the Adjustment of the Policy Toward China in the Later Period of Satos Cabinet

YANG Yu-xiang, CHENG Ya-yun

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (4): 64-73. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.04.007

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With completion of the Okinawa negotiations between Japan and the United States and the easing of SinoUS relations, Satōs cabinet began to adjust its policy toward China, intending to achieve the strategic goal of “resuming diplomatic relationship with China”. However, Satōs cabinet can not break the shackles of the United States, and also refused to change the wrong policy about Taiwan, which led to the failure of his policy adjustment and also signified the complete failure of the Japanese principle of “Separation between Politics and Economy”. Under the historical background of the normalization of SinoJapanese diplomatic relations, Satōs failure made the Japanese public understand Chinas adherence to the principle of resumption of diplomatic relations. Besides, its policy adjustment objectively eased the tension between China and Japan, and recovered bilateral relations partly.

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Soko Yamagas Kogaku and the Mencius Thought: Focusing on the Ideas of Tianming and Minben

ZHANG Xiao-ming

JAPANESE RESEARCH 2020, 34 (4): 74-80. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.04.008

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In the early Edo Period in Japan, with the rise of Zhuxi's Philosophy, the Ancient Studies scholars headed by Soko Yamaga were opposed to it and advocated returning to the primitive Confucianism. Generally speaking, Confucianism is referred to as the ways of Confucius and Mencius, namely, the thoughts of Confucius and Mencius, but what Soko Yamaga advocated is a retreat into primitive Confucianism professed by Zhou Gongdan and Confucius. Thus it is worth studying Soko Yamagas way of looking at the thoughts of Mencius. To figure out this, the author made very detailed analysis on relevant texts, including the Hiradoshi Yamagake manuscripts collected in the Yamaga Sekidobunko of National Institute of Japanese Literature, Yamaga Soko Zenshu published by Iwanami Hyoten, and Interpunction of Four Books published by Yamaga Soko Sensei Zenshu Kankokai.Based on the above text analysis, the Mencius image in Soko Yamagas philosophical thought was clarified. Then, the author made a further comparison between the thoughts of Soko Yamaga and Mencius, focusing on their ideas of Destiny and Minben Thought, which is of great meaning in understanding the revision and criticism made by the scholars in early Edo Period in their acceptance of Confucianism.

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Japan's Diplomacy During the COVID-19 Epidemic and Its Characteristics and Influence

ZHOU Yong-sheng

Japanese Research 2020, 34 (5): 1-16. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.05.001

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After the largescale outbreak of the epidemic in China, Japan and some Western countries have dealt with them very differently, showing great care and sympathy for China, and vigorously supporting Chinas antiepidemic work. During the epidemic in the first half of 2020, conflicts between China and the United States intensified, and the Abe administration kept its distance from the United States in many aspects. With regard to the understanding and judgment of China, the Abe administration also has similarities or consistency with the judgment of the US government. The Abe governments hopes of revitalizing Japans economy rested on hosting the Olympics to boost the economy. Therefore, the Abe government took the initiative to protect the Olympics in the early stage, concealing the severity of the epidemic as much as possible. The largescale infection of the Diamond Princess passengers and crew is related to the questionable disposal policy of the Japanese government. The tragedy of the Diamond Princess passengers and crew infection has become a piece of history, but the lessons left are profound. During the COVID19 pandemic, the Abe administration attached great importance to the development of diplomacy with the United States and frequently launched JapanUS telephone diplomacy. At the same time, it also attaches importance to diplomacy with EU countries, South Korea and Russia. Under the epidemic, Japan has given full play to its diplomatic knowhow for spending small money and doing big things, and implementing specific drug assistance. The influence of Japanese diplomacy on the cooperation between the United States and the region is increasing, and it has also greatly enhanced and improved Japans international image.

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A Preliminary Analysis on Japan and the SinoJapanese Relationship in the COVID19 Epidemic

HU Ling-yuan, LI Chao

Japanese Research 2020, 34 (5): 17-24. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.05.002

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The COVID-19 epidemic has had a major impact on Japan's society, economy, and politics. At the same time, due to the severity and global characteristics of this epidemic, Japan's international environment is also facing great uncertainties. Japan's response to the epidemic reflects a highly selfdisciplined society and its national characteristics, resulting in mixed effects though. The epidemic has also brought both opportunities and challenges to SinoJapanese relations. On the one hand, the mutual assistance in the early stages of the epidemic has greatly helped improve the feelings of the people of the two countries, which have been sluggish in recent years. The willingness to cooperate in nontraditional security fields like public health has increased, and the consensus on how to adjust and strengthen bilateral and regional economic and trade cooperation has gradually formed during and after the epidemic. At the same time, the structural contradiction between China and Japan has not been eliminated by the epidemic, and even appears as a negative factor in the epidemic. The continuous deterioration of Sino-US relations has added more uncertainty to Sino-Japanese relations for the postepidemic period. Generally speaking, the trend of improvement in Sino-Japanese relations in recent years has not changed its basic direction despite the epidemic. However, how to deal with the major adjustments of the US strategy towards China and how to use the epidemic as an opportunity to build a bilateral relationship that meets the requirements of the new era are questions both China and Japan need to seriously think about based on a high degree of political wisdom in this decisive moment of human history.

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The Relationship Between the East and the West in the Post-COVID-19 Era and the Dilemma of Japan's Choice

LIAN De-gui

Japanese Research 2020, 34 (5): 25-32. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.05.003

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This paper analyzes Japan's diplomatic choice in the context of postCOVID-19 SinoUS relations from the perspective of East and West relations. Postepidemic Sino-US relations have increasingly shown the characteristics of the antagonistic relationship between the East and the West. The West has always had a strong sense of superiority over the East, and even often showed a hostile attitude. However, in this epidemic, the West did not perform well. The United States, the leading western country, is ineffective in governance,and was in chaos. To divert domestic discontent, the U.S.began to stigmatize China, leading to the deterioration of SinoUS relations. Under the background of the deterioration of Sino US relations, Japan is under pressure from the United States to take sides, and Sino-Japanese relations are facing a test. Japan's choice is essentially the choice between the East and the West,and it means that Japan's diplomacy is at a crossroad in history. What choice Japan will make deserves attention.

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The Impact of COVID-19 on International Politics and China-Japan Relations

WU Huai-zhong

Japanese Research 2020, 34 (5): 33-42. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.05.004

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At present, the COVID-19 epidemic has an important impact on the international political situation and then, a complex impact on ChinaJapan relations. The epidemic has a positive and negative effect on the world situation and globalization. It has caused a major negative impact on the global hegemon, namely, the United States, and has complicated majorcountry relations and intensified geopolitical games. On the whole, these changes of macro environment have a significant negative impact on China-Japan relations. In the face of the epidemic, there are some shortterm positive factors for ChinaJapan relations. First of all, joint cooperation in fighting COVID19 and emergency response has partly improved the mutual understanding and national sentiment between China and Japan. Second, it has promoted closer cooperation between China and Japan to reinvigorate their economies, which have been hit hard by the epidemic. Third, China and Japan have increased consensus and mutual understanding on the international situation. But at the same time, the epidemic has disrupted exchanges between China and Japan at all levels, seriously disrupting the pace of warming relations between the two countries. In addition, the changes in Japan's strategy under the epidemic have caused frictions and setbacks in China-Japan relations. First of all, the adjustment of Japan's economic security policy has an impact on bilateral economic and trade relations. Secondly, the renewal of Japan's security and defense policy hinders the construction of a constructive security relationship between China and Japan. In this context, China and Japan should take the opportunity of COVID-19 cooperation to improve mutual understanding, promote global governance and regional cooperation, and deepen economic integration, and continue to write a new chapter in China-Japan relations in the new era.

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An Analysis of Japan’s Military Strategy in the 2010s: Evolution and Motivation

CHEN You-jun，YU Di

Japanese Research 2020, 34 (5): 43-55. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.05.005

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Since 2010, Japan’s “National Defense Program Guidelines” has gone through three editions of amendment, and its main changes in contents can be reflected in the following aspects: emphasis on the threats from China; emphasis on multidimensional integrated defense upgrading from the defense concept; the strategic layout that combines traditional space including land, sea and air with new fields like space, cyberspace and electromagnetic waves based on the continuation of “one body and two wings” idea; more attention to strengthen the capabilities of SelfDefense Force. On the one hand, Japan’s goal is to achieve its “political power” strategy and meet the demands of domestic interest groups. On the other hand, the pressure exerted by the United States and the changes in global security environment have also forced Japan to make some adjustments. Under the guidance of National Defense Program Guidelines, Japan has adopted a series of measures, such as developing military forces while catering to the US strategy, vigorously rendering the Chinese threat theory, strengthening the “2+2” cooperation mechanism, promoting the constitutional amendment process, and conducting military exercises with other countries frequently, etc. Therefore, while giving full affirmation to the adaptability of Japan’s action, we should also be alert to the real motivation behind Japan’s frequent revision of National Defense Program Guidelines.

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The Exploration, Experience and Lessons of Japan’s Opposition Party Think Tank Construction ——Taking the Democratic Partys Think Tank Construction as an Example

ZHANG Bo-yu

Japanese Research 2020, 34 (5): 56-70. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.05.006

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After the Democratic Party became the first opposition party in 1998, with a view to improve policymaking capabilities and reserve Democratic Party government policies, think tanks are regarded by the party as a tool that can be used to evolve toward a political party. The“think tank network concept” published in March 1999 became the basic indicator of the party’s think tank construction, and “the networking of think tanks, i.e., the creation of a think tank network” has become the basic direction of the party’s think tank construction. The Democratic Party must create its own policy system, information collection system and citizen policy participation system through the think tank network. After the exploration and practice of “Think Tank Network 21 Institute” and “Think Tank Network Center 21”, in 2005, a “public policy platform" named after the Democratic Party’s think tank was established. This paper aims to take the role of the Democratic Partys think tanks in power as a research perspective, summarize the experience and lessons of the Democratic Party’s think tank construction, and provide typical cases for the construction and development of party think tanks. Constructing think tanks is the right choice for the Democratic Party, which intends to seek power and lacks policy resources.Party think tanks must insist on its political nature of serving the interests of the party.In addition to policy support, think tanks also play a role in supplementing the lack of power and resources of the Democratic Party.Funds and talents are also important factors that restrict the development of party think tanks, but the development of party think tanks is more likely to be influenced by the political ideas of party leaders.

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Japan’s South China Sea Policy from the Perspective of Indo-Pacific

ZHU Qingxiu

Japanese Research 2020, 34 (5): 71-80. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2020.05.007

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In recent years, under the guidance of the “Indo-Pacific Concept”, Japan’s actions in the South China Sea have been gradually upgraded. Japan’s strategic move to participate in the South China Sea dispute has actually become a concrete manifestation of Japan’s containment of China and the pursuit of the “Indo-Pacific Ocean Order” dominance. Japan’s South China Sea policy is becoming a key part of Japan’s “Indo-Pacific concept”, an important starting point for Japan to promote the diplomacy of major powers and strengthen maritime security cooperation with the United States, India, and Southeast Asian countries. Japan’s strong involvement in the South China Sea dispute not only interferes with the establishment of trust between China and ASEAN countries, but also increases the difficulty of China’s peaceful settlement of the South China Sea dispute, adding new obstacles to peace and stability in the South China Sea. In the postepidemic era, Japan will further intervene in the South China Sea dispute. As the process of consultation on the South China Sea Code of Conduct between China and ASEAN countries accelerates, Japan’s involvement in the South China Sea dispute will also speed up. Moreover, Japan’s involvement in the South China Sea dispute is showing a bad sign that Japan has listed the South China Sea dispute and the East China Sea issue as a contradiction that needs to be resolved between China and Japan. Japan’s positioning of the South China Sea dispute will exacerbate China-Japan strategic mutual suspicion. The establishment of Sino-Japanese relations in the new era creates new obstacles.

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