Japanese Research

A Study of the Factors Influencing the LongTermization of the LDP-CGP Coalition Cabinet in Japan

CAI Liang, LI Shen-cong

2022, 36(6): 1-19. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2022.06.001

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According to the specific political characteristics of each country in its development process in ten fields including the composition of the cabinet, the political party system, the electoral system, the conditions for constitutional amendments and the independence of the central bank, Western academia?has identified two camps of states with political systems: the “majority democracy model” and the “consensus democracy model”. The quantification shows that the calculation indicators for each political characteristic of Japan do not correspond to the the typical characteristics of majority democracy or consensus democracy, but lie at critical levels. In other words, Japan is neither a majority democracy nor a consensus democracy, and the impact of each political feature of a particular model on the type of cabinet cannot be directly transposed to analyse the current situation in Japan.However, even if there are deviations from the ideal, the impact of the characteristics of the classification criteria of the democratic model on a countrys political reality is universal, and the relevance of the characteristics is also universally applicable in both majority and consensus democracies. So how will these political characteristics and their correlations to each other influence the type of cabinet in Japan? This paper will first discuss theories related to the Western model of democracy and clarify the quantitative criteria for each political characteristic. On this basis, the correlation between political characteristics and cabinet types in Japan is specifically examined, as well as the ability of political characteristics as an independent variable to explain changes in cabinet types. Finally, the paper supplements other potential influencing factors of cabinet type in the economic and social spheres.

The Evolution of the Credit Ecosystem in Japan and Its Motivation Conversion Mechanism ——Based on Network Structure Insight

CHI Renyong1, LIN Yihui2, LIAO Yaya2

2022, 36(6): 20-30. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2022.06.002

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This study investigates the evolution process and internal mechanism of credit ecosystem of Japanese SMEs by exploiting case analysis and social network analysis from the perspective of structural holes. The research results demonstrate that: (1) Credit ecosystem of Japanese SMEs evolutes with three stages from initial exploration to integration and improvement, and welldevelopment. Additionally, stages outlined above are all significantly distinct with each other pertaining to financing mutual trust mechanism and the main part of structural hole; (2) The three stages have achieved continuous evolution supported by government policy, market power, and technical advancement; (3) The prominent part of the structural hole as a driving element facilitates the collaboration of all parties in Japanese credit network, and enables the credit ecosystem of Japanese SMEs to better develop. Based on the perspective of ecosystem, this paper expands the theoretical research on credit reporting of SMEs, and also provides practical inspiration for the construction of credit system empowered by big data in China.

Maruyama Konmeis Views on China and Education and His Activities After the May 4th Movement

LIU Yue-bing, CHEN Ling-han

2022, 36(6): 31-39. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2022.06.003

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Maruyama Konmei was a Japanese journalist who worked in China during the period of the Republic of China. He was also an early socialist in Japan. After witnessing the May 4th Movement in Beijing, Maruyama was deeply shocked and felt that young students were the new force leading China to a greater movement. He participated in the social movements of China after the May 4th Movement through close contacts with people, such as Li Dazhao, Lu Xun and Zhou Zuoren. Maruyama's journalism in China focused on education, and he emphasized that universal access to education was fundamental to Chinas reform. Subsequently, Maruyama tried to help Chinese women to awaken through education, and promoted a visit to Japan by female teachers in Beijing. Finally, Maruyama firmly supported the “nonreligious alliance” movement, joined the radical intellectuals represented by Li Dazhao camp. From education movement, social movement to ideological movement and cultural movement, Maruyama deepened his activities in China step by step. Maruyama devoted himself to the social reform of China with the pure socialist ideal, and his socialist thought gradually became clear and deepened in the course of his activities in China. It has not only fostered positive and beneficial interactions, but also made a good story in the history of friendly exchanges between China and Japan in modern times.

Changes of “War Memory” in Japanese Media after World War II ——Analysis of Discourse Strategy of Editorial on 815 in Yomiuri Shimbun

LIU Wei

2022, 36(6): 40-50. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2022.06.004

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The memory of war in Japan after the World War II has been widely concerned. It is of great significance to analyze the track of Japanese societys understanding of war from the perspective of defeated countries. Analyzing the discourse strategies of widely circulated paper media public opinion is an important way to gauge the social attitude and public opinion. Since World War II, the Yomiuri Shimbuns 815 editorial “War Memory” has focused on reflecting on the war, calling for peace, and paying attention to national livelihoods and nationbuilding in the early stages, while in the later stages it began to discuss responsibility for the war and gradually took a hard line in the international arena. In terms of discursive strategies, there is a tendency to blur the responsibility for the war, to emphasize peace and reflections on the war, and to reinforce its image as the war victim. On the whole, the Yomiuri Shimbuns 815 editorial construction of “war memory” focuses on Japans domestic context synchronically and diachronically, and limits its pursuit of peace to the narrow logic of the war disaster suffered by its own people.

A Study on National Language Assimilation and National Identity of Ainu in Japan Ito Jinsais Kogigaku from the Perspective of Virtue

WANG Lu1,2， YUAN Zhen-dong3

2022, 36(6): 51-59. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2022.06.005

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Ainu is the only ethnic minority recognized by the Japanese government. Over the past one hundred years, a powerful policy of assimilation for national languages has been implemented in the process of nationalization dominated by the state, which has a profound impact on Ainus national identity. Language assimilation is often accompanied by the transfer of national identity, but the relationship between them is not inevitable. Language assimilation and national identity differ in both speed and degree. Language assimilation can be basically completed in a short time，but national identity needs a long time to accept. For now，Japan has completed the assimilation of Ainu national language, but the transfer of the national identity of the Ainu people has not been fully realized. Based on objective historical data and realistic investigation, this paper describes the basic historical outline of Ainu, focusing on the formulation, implementation and adjustment of the Ainu language assimilation policy, the acceptance, change and resistance of the Ainu people to relevant policies. It then analyzes the main causes of language assimilation policy and its impact on the language life of the Ainu people. Finally, it discusses in depth the results of language assimilation and its relationship with national identity, hoping to provide valuable reference for the research of Ainu national issues.

Japan's International Education Aid to South Asia: Motivation, Path, and Characteristics

YANG Si-fan， LIU Nan-nan

2022, 36(6): 60-70. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2022.06.006

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Japan has a deep historical relationship with South Asia and is one of the most important donor countries to South Asia. In order to pursue national political and economic interests and achieve the global sustainable development goals, Japan actively carries out international educational aid to South Asia.The main paths of Japans international education aid to South Asia include: setting up educational aid projects that favor disadvantaged groups, relying on the joint efforts of multiple subjects to carry out educational aid, exporting its own experience to improve the educational quality of recipient countries, and providing opportunities for South Asian youth to exchange and study in Japan. Japan's educational aid to South Asia is characterized by the emphasis on adapting to local conditions, the coexistence of soft and hard aid methods, and the guarantee of sustainability in aid validity.

On the Educational Policy and Theory of Japanese Overseas Children and Returnees ——From the Perspective of Intercultural Education

CHEN Zhuo-jun

2022, 36(6): 71-80. DOI: 10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2022.06.007

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Japanese overseas children and returnees education is a kind of education for children and teenagers who have grown up in two or more cultures with the increase of Japanese overseas enterprises in the 1960s. The Japanese government has paid special attention to this special group，and formulated the overseas childrens education policy centered on “establishing overseas Japanese schools” and the education guidelines for returned children centered on “language education”. These policies are inseparable from the theoretical support of intercultural education. The research on cultural adaptation in the field of intercultural education points out a clearer guiding path for Japan to analyze and solve the education problems of overseas children and returnees. China should pay more attention to the educational needs of intercultural children and teenagers, establish and improve relevant policies and systems represented by the education of overseas children and returnees, and strengthen research on the cultural adaptation of intercultural children such as overseas children and returnees, so as to promote the education and development of intercultural teenagers represented by overseas children and returnees.

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