Japanese Research

Empirical Study on Influences of Effectiveness of Yen Internationalization towards Japan’s Monetary Policy

SUN Li 1, WANG Xia 2

2017, 31(6): 1-11. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2017.06.001

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The monetary policy is an important macrocontrol tool of one country. The currency internationalization has a huge influence upon the effectiveness of a country's monetary policy and a country's macroeconomic situation. By analyzing both the output and price effects of Yen internationalization and using VAR model, this paper makes a theoretical and empirical analysis on the relationship between the Yen internationalization and monetary policy. This brings certain inspiration to RMB internationalization.

Adjustment and Cause of Japanese Multinational Corporations’ Direct Investment in China

JI Hong1, PING Li-qun2

2017, 31(6): 12-20. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2017.06.002

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Since 2013,Japanese multinational corporations began a new adjustment period for direct investment in China.China is an important part of the Asian production networks constructed by Japanese multinational corporations and one of their major foreign markets. Analysis of these adjustments should not be limited to the discussion of Sinojapanese bilateral relationship under the changes in political conditions. It is necessary to place the analysis in the background of the trend of the world economic situation and technological development. This research analyzes the reasons for the adjustment of direct investment in China through four aspects: global economic situation, factor prices, adjustment of industrial structure, and technological advancement.

The Palace in Heaven: Ise Shrine Discourse of Early Medieval Shintoism in Japan

LIU Lin-lin

2017, 31(6): 21-27. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2017.06.003

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The discourse of space sanctity is the major components of Shinto ideology in middle ages. The origin of Ise Shrine sanctity has two interpretations according to early Shinto theories. One supposes that the sanctity of Ise Shrine is equal to the Hinowakamiya, and the other one thinks it's equal to the Palace of Brahma. The Hinowakamiya mode reflects a universal pattern which the sun palace and the moon palace are compatible in Buddhism. Thus, the view comes out that the inner palace and outer palace are compatible and equivalent. In the Palace of Brahman mode, Shinto created new mythical stories, such as Amenominakanushi and Amaterasu live in the Palace of Brahma, Yamatohime built Ise Shrine through moving the Palace of Brahma, ToyoukeOmikami flew to next place from first meditation heaven and wait for the new, etc. The early Ise Shinto accepted and extended these new mythical stories, reserved the basic plot while it didn't use the word "the sun palace, the moon palace" or the "Palace of Brahman. Buddhistic space concepts were all replaced by more native word like Hinowakamiya. Ise Shinto has stitched and adopted many kinds of cultural resources such as Japanese mythologies and Buddhist scriptures, therefore it explains the significance of Ise Shrine as sacred space.

Natsume Soseki’s Civilization Criticism and Taoism Philosophy

ZHANG Gu

2017, 31(6): 28-34. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2017.06.004

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Natsume Soseki is an intellectual who has profound influence on Japan in modern times. He is not only a writer but also a thinker. Civilization criticism is one of the themes of his literature and thought. Under the background of rapid development of the Japanese civilization, he made a reflection and critique of modernization. Natsume thought that modernization includes the inherent contradiction, it’s “unnatural”, while “natural” modernization should be “innermade”; modernization is accompanied by the abuse of human understanding and alienation, only the mind conversion of “anatman” can treat this disease; Seeking fame and gain is closely related to excessive intellectual ingenuity, it is the departure from the nature. These thoughts are consistent with Taoist philosophy such as respecting for nature, criticism of cleverness, advocate no himself, beyond fame and full of fidelity. The fundamental features of Taoism philosophy of civilization criticism make it become an important resource for Natsume Soseki’s reflection and criticism of modern civilization.

The Historical Influences of Silk Road on Formation of Japanese Culture

CAI Feng-lin

2017, 31(6): 35-42. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2017.06.005

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The original connotation of the Silk Road referred to the route for trade between the East and the West with silk as the main trading product in the first place. Afterwards, the function and significance of the Silk Road has been extended to multiple aspects including political interaction as well as economic and cultural exchange. An important role was ever played by the Silk Road in the enrichment and development of ancient Japanese culture. It is conducive to enhancing the comprehension and support towards our plan of "the Belt and Road" for Japanese society to study the positive historical influences of the Silk Road on the formation of Japanese culture comprehensively and systematically.

ZHAO Ding-dong, CHEN Ya

2017, 31(6): 43-51. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2017.06.006

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The modernized process of the oldage insurance system in Japan and Korea has both the experiences, such as government dominating, legislation first, equity of rights and obligations in the system design and operation, and multilevel and multilevel protection methods, and problems, such as difficulties in the persistent pension payment, the existence of unfair payment and overreliance on the ability of individual economic payment, but the two countries have established a relatively thorough system of oldage security in rural areas. The experiences are greater than the lessons. The enlightenment to China is to promote the modernization of the oldage insurance system in rural areas must intensify the development of the law, increase the function of the government, improve the multilevel security system and realize the diversified ways of oldage care to enhance the peasants' sense of happiness and gain.

Kidnapping, Controlling, Confluence——Political Communication Analysis on Japanese Media Conservatism

YU Xi-hong

2017, 31(6): 52-57. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2017.06.007

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The interaction among government, society and the media constitutes the basic elements of political communication ecology. The intensification of conservative tendency of Japanese mainstream media is due to both the media’s traditional conservative “gene” and the evolution of Japan’s domestic ecological evolution of political communication. The analysis of deep mechanism of interaction among Japan’s government, society and media from the political perspective can reveal the root of Japanese media and social conservative trend in essence, which is conducive to update and improve the cognitive strategies.

Study on Ishihara Chiaki's Narrative Theory——Focusing on Relationship between Readers and Text

WEI Wei

2017, 31(6): 58-63. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2017.06.008

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Based on the paradigm of text analysis, Ishihara Chiaki has made great achievements in the research of Japanese modern literature. In the theoretical construction, Ishihara Chiaki constructs the systematic text theory and narrative theory, give the text and readers the absolute right myth attribute. Ishihara Chiaki's text analysis has been paid attention by researchers, but its theoretical construction has not gotten as much attention as it should. This paper discusses Ishihara Chiaki's exposition on narrative symbol, narrator and narrative form, examines the internal relation between the text and the reader in narrative theory, and on the basis of it, clarify the unique value of Ishihara Chiaki's narrative theory.

Study on View of Language Assimilation in Modern Japan——Case Study of Hoshina Koichi

CHEN Lin-jun

2017, 31(6): 64-70. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2017.06.009

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Hoshina Koichi is the major maker of language policy and the main advocate of language assimilation policy in modern Japan, whose view of language policy is mainly built on the concept of “national language” coming from Ueda Kazutoshi. Hoshina's view of language policy is focused on “assimilation”, which can be divided into two dimensions: the internal assimilation of standardization and the external colonial assimilation. It can be found through the research that the view of language assimilation in modern Japan originated from the language purism. Then it gradually developed into language nationalism and finally dissimilated to language imperialism. It is not only an antagonism to east Asian traditional civil order but also a backfire on Chinese Civilization. It also is an overreaction to the crisis in modern Asia. It can be found the imitation and reference to the western powers, especially to Germany, and the ingratiation to militarism in the formation of the view of language assimilation in modern Japan. From Hoshina Koichi's view of language assimilation, we can find multiple contradictions in the language assimilation policy in modern Japan, which influenced the formulation and implementation of the language assimilation policy, and determined the developing path and destiny of modern Japanese language policy.

Between Medicine and LiteratureExplanation of Contemporary Japanese “Chinese Prescription Novel”

JIANG Yi-ran1.2

2017, 31(6): 71-80. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2017.06.010

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The traditional Japanese medicine was built under the influence of Chinese medicine. The unique Chinese prescription medicine was formed until Edo period. “Chinese prescription novel” appeared with the revival of Chinese prescription medicine in modern society, which has been quiet for about 100 years. Taking the Chinese prescription as the basic elements of the novels, some of “Chinese prescription novel” took the Chinese prescription doctors in Edo period as the heroes, some narrated the treatment of Chinese prescription, and some showed the documents of Chinese prescription cases. All these added the visualized materials to the medicine science, in which the fictionality is unavoidable. The Chinese prescription novel made the diagnosis and treatment process into narration. They embodied the values of documents and records, and showed the perfect integration of Chinese prescription and literature. Although the understanding of Chinese prescription is not enough, including the problems of making the principals of medical treatment and the effects metaphysical, but the Chinese prescription novel can satisfy the needs of readers' understanding Chinese prescription from different perspectives, and reflected that contemporary Japanese society reconsidered the Chinese prescription which emphasizes the overall treatment of Chinese prescription, which has both the aesthetic took and function of psychological treatment.

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