Japanese Research

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

CHENG Jie，LIAN De-gui

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.

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

GUO Hui

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.

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

HAO Yu-biao, LI Qi

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.

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

TIAN Xiang-lan

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.

Japan's National Strategic Exploration of Geriatric Cognition

CHEN Xiang

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.

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

GUO Pei

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.

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

ZHANG Mei

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.

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

LI Chong-tao1,2

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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