Prime Minister Kishida Fumio's “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” Initiative: Japan silently refines its strategic nature

IF 0.3 Q4 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Asia-Pacific Review Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI:10.1080/13439006.2023.2248782

Takenaka Harukata

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Despite the expanded scope of security policies, the Kishida Cabinet emphasizes the diplomatic nature of the initiative, highlighting various agendas for cooperation in the region. This article illustrates how Prime Minister Kishida silently maintains and refines the strategic nature of the initiative with the New Plan in response to the growing presence and influence of China in the Indo-Pacific region. Notes1 The Abe, Suga, and Kishida administrations have collectively referred to Japan’s strategy for the Indo-Pacific region as the “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” strategy, the “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” initiative, and the “Free and Open Indo-Pacific,” as well as simply the “FOIP.” In this article, the series of strategies will be referred to as the “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” initiative. However, when the Prime Minister uses a specific term such as “strategy” in his speeches or summit meetings, the article uses that term.2 Teruaki Aizawa, “Gaimusho HP kara Yomitoku ‘Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo Senryaku (FOIP)’ no Rinen to Jissen [The Philosophy and Practice of the ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy (FOIP)’ decoded from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Website],” the Ocean Policy Research Institute, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, July 30, 2018, https://www.spf.org/oceans/global-data/20181116181023949.pdf (English); Teruaki Aizawa, “Sonogo no ‘Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo Senryaku (FOIP)’ no Hensen to Tenkai [Subsequent Changes and Developments of the Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy (FOIP)],” the Ocean Policy Research Institute, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, June 15, 2019, https://www.spf.org/oceans/analysis_ja02/post_20190621-copy.html; Saori Katada, “Indo-Taiheiyo Koso to Dochiiki no Keizai Renkei [The Indo-Pacific Initiative and Economic Partnerships in the Region],” Kokusai Mondai [International Affairs], vol. 687 (December 2019), 25-36, https://www2.jiia.or.jp/kokusaimondai_archive/2010/2019-12_004.pdf?noprint; Kei Koga, “Japan’s ‘Indo-Pacific’ question: countering China or shaping a new regional order” International Affairs vol.96, no. 1 (January 2020): 49-73, Kei Koga, “Japan’s ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ Strategy: Tokyo’s Tactical Hedging and the Implications for ASEAN,’ Contemporary Southeast Asia, vol. 41, no. 2 (August 2019):286-313; Narushige Michishita, “Japan’s Grand Strategy for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific,” in The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Politics, eds. Robert J. Pekkanen and Saadia M. Pekkanen (New York: Oxford University Press, 2021), 495-513; Mie Oba, “Nihon no ‘indo-taiheiyo’ koso [‘Indo-Pacific’: from Japan’s perspective],” Kokusai Anzenhosho [Journal of International Security], vol. 46, no. 3 (December 2018), 12-32; Hiroshi Nakanishi, “Nihon Gaiko ni okeru ‘Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo’ [‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ in Japanese Diplomacy],” Gaiko [Diplomacy], vol. 52 (December 2018), 12-19; Tomohiko Satake and Ryo Sahashi, “The Rise of China and Japan’s ‘Vision’ for Free and Open Indo-Pacific,” Journal of Contemporary China, (2021) 30:127, 18-35; Yoshihide Soeya, “Nihon no Indo-Taiheiyo Gaiko to Kinrin Gaiko [Japan’s Indo-Pacific Diplomacy and Neighborhood Diplomacy],” Kokusai Mondai [International Affairs], vol. 688 (January-February 2020), 18-32; Harukata Takenaka, “‘Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo’ Koso to Nihon no Tochi Kiko [‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ and Japanese Governance Structure],” in Harukata Takenaka (ed.), “Kyokoku Chugoku” to Taijisuru Indo-Taiheiyo Shokoku [Indo-Pacific Nations facing China aspiring to be a “Great Country”], Chikura Publishing Company, 2022, 97-138.3 Michishita, “Japan’s Grand Strategy for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific”; Oba, “Nihon no ‘Indo-Taiheiyo’ Koso”; Soeya, “‘Nihon no Indo-Taiheiyo Gaiko to Kinrin Gaiko”; Satake and Sahashi, “The Rise of China and Japan’s ‘Vision’ for Free and Open Indo-Pacific”; Takenaka, “‘Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo’ Koso to Nihon no Tochi Kiko.4 Aizawa, “Gaimusho HP kara Yomitoku ‘Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo Senryaku (FOIP)’ no Rinen to Jissen”; Nakanishi, “Nihon Gaiko ni okeru ‘Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo; Oba, “Nihon no ‘Indo-Taiheiyo’ Koso”; Satake and Sahashi, “The Rise of China and Japan’s ‘Vision’ for Free and Open Indo-Pacific”; Takenaka, “‘Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo’ Koso to Nihon no Tochi Kiko; Harukata Takenaka, “Prime Ministers Leadership and ‘Free and Open Indo Pacific’ Vision: A Response to Changing International Environment,” paper presented at the 2019 Annual Convention of the Japanese Association of International Relations, Niigata, Japan, October 20, 2019.5 Koga, “Japan’s ‘Indo-Pacific’ question”; Koga, “Japan’s ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ Strategy; Nakanishi, “Nihon Gaiko ni okeru ‘Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo’; Oba, “Nihon no ‘Indo-Taiheiyo’ Koso”; Satake and Sahashi, “The Rise of China and Japan’s ‘Vision’ for Free and Open Indo-Pacific.”6 Takenaka, “‘Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo’ Koso to Nihon no Tochi Kiko.7 Shinzo Abe, “Asia’s Democratic Security Diamond,” Project Syndicate website, December 27, 2012, https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/a-strategic-alliance-for-japan-and-india-by-shinzo-abe.8 “Policy Speech by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the 183rd Session of the Diet on January 28, 2013,” Prime Minister Office of Japan website, https://japan.kantei.go.jp/96_abe/statement/201301/28syosin_e.html (English).9 Keynote Address by Shinzo ABE, Prime Minister Abe at the 13th IISS Asian Security Summit (The Shangri-La Dialogue),” Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan website, https://www.mofa.go.jp/fp/nsp/page4e_000086.html (English).10 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Diplomatic Bluebook, 2018, 13; Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Diplomatic Bluebook, 2019, 24; Keiichi Ichikawa, “Baiden Shin Seiken no Tenbo to ‘Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo’ no Jitsugen [Prospects for the New Biden Administration and Realization of a ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’,” Kōken magazine, no. 692, 56-79.11 “National Defense Program Guidelines for FY 2019 and beyond”, December 18, 2018, 15. https://www.mod.go.jp/j/policy/agenda/guideline/2019/pdf/20181218_e.pdf12 Tomoki Kamo, “‘Taikoku’ Chugoku no Taigai Kodo no Henka to Kokunai Seiji [‘Great Power’ China’s Changing External Behavior and Domestic Politics]” in Takenaka (ed.), “Kyokoku Chugoku” to Taijisuru Indo-Taiheiyo Shokoku,42.13 Shinzo Abe, Abe Shinzo Kaikoroku [Shinzo Abe Memoirs], Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc., 319.14 “Welcome Reception for the Third Japan-China Business Leader and Former High-Level Government Official Dialogue (Japan-China CEO Summit),” Prime Minister Office of Japan website, https://japan.kantei.go.jp/98_abe/actions/201712/4article4.html (English).15 “Policy Speech by Prime Minister KISHIDA Fumio to the 205th Session of the Diet,” Prime Minister’s Office of Japan website, https://japan.kantei.go.jp/100_kishida/statement/202110/_00005.html (English).16 “National Security Strategy,” December 17, 2013, 2. https://www.cas.go.jp/jp/siryou/131217anzenhoshou/nss-e.pdf17 “National Security Strategy of Japan,” December 2022, 8.18 “National Defense Strategy,” December 16, 2022, 15. https://www.mod.go.jp/j/policy/agenda/guideline/strategy/pdf/strategy_en.pdf19 Seiji Kihara, “Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara Seiji Discusses Japan’s Upgraded “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” Vision (pt.2),” https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/a08902/deputy-chief-cabinet-secretary-kihara-seiji-discusses-japan%E2%80%99s-upgraded-free-and-open-ind.html.20 Kihara, “Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara Seiji Discusses Japan’s Upgraded “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” Vision (pt.2),” https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/a08902/deputy-chief-cabinet-secretary-kihara-seiji-discusses-japan%E2%80%99s-upgraded-free-and-open-ind.html.21 Japan Times, December 21, 2022, https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/12/21/asia-pacific/china-south-china-sea-grab/.22 Fumio Kishida, “The Future of the Indo-Pacific,” March 20, 2023, 5-10. https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/100477739.pdf23 “Policy Speech by Prime Minister Kishida Fumio at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), “March 20, 2023. https://japan.kantei.go.jp/101_kishida/statement/202303/_00013.html24 Kihara, “Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara Seiji Discusses Japan’s Upgraded “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” Vision (pt.2),” https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/a08902/deputy-chief-cabinet-secretary-kihara-seiji-discusses-japan%E2%80%99s-upgraded-free-and-open-ind.html.25 Kihara, “Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara Seiji Discusses Japan’s Upgraded “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” Vision (pt.2),” https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/a08902/deputy-chief-cabinet-secretary-kihara-seiji-discusses-japan%E2%80%99s-upgraded-free-and-open-ind.html.Additional informationNotes on contributorsTakenaka HarukataTakenaka Harukata is a professor of political science at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo. 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AbstractIn March 2023, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio announced “Japan’s New Plan for a ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP).’” Prior to this, in December 2022, the Kishida Cabinet revised the National Security Strategy and adopted the National Defense Strategy. The new National Security Strategy officially positioned the FOIP as a fundamental component of Japan’s security strategy. Furthermore, the Kishida Cabinet has presented the New Plan as the first comprehensive outline of the specific policies that Japan will pursue under the initiative. The New Plan contains “four pillars of cooperation” with a total of 51 policies. Despite the expanded scope of security policies, the Kishida Cabinet emphasizes the diplomatic nature of the initiative, highlighting various agendas for cooperation in the region. This article illustrates how Prime Minister Kishida silently maintains and refines the strategic nature of the initiative with the New Plan in response to the growing presence and influence of China in the Indo-Pacific region. Notes1 The Abe, Suga, and Kishida administrations have collectively referred to Japan’s strategy for the Indo-Pacific region as the “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” strategy, the “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” initiative, and the “Free and Open Indo-Pacific,” as well as simply the “FOIP.” In this article, the series of strategies will be referred to as the “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” initiative. However, when the Prime Minister uses a specific term such as “strategy” in his speeches or summit meetings, the article uses that term.2 Teruaki Aizawa, “Gaimusho HP kara Yomitoku ‘Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo Senryaku (FOIP)’ no Rinen to Jissen [The Philosophy and Practice of the ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy (FOIP)’ decoded from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Website],” the Ocean Policy Research Institute, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, July 30, 2018, https://www.spf.org/oceans/global-data/20181116181023949.pdf (English); Teruaki Aizawa, “Sonogo no ‘Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo Senryaku (FOIP)’ no Hensen to Tenkai [Subsequent Changes and Developments of the Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy (FOIP)],” the Ocean Policy Research Institute, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, June 15, 2019, https://www.spf.org/oceans/analysis_ja02/post_20190621-copy.html; Saori Katada, “Indo-Taiheiyo Koso to Dochiiki no Keizai Renkei [The Indo-Pacific Initiative and Economic Partnerships in the Region],” Kokusai Mondai [International Affairs], vol. 687 (December 2019), 25-36, https://www2.jiia.or.jp/kokusaimondai_archive/2010/2019-12_004.pdf?noprint; Kei Koga, “Japan’s ‘Indo-Pacific’ question: countering China or shaping a new regional order” International Affairs vol.96, no. 1 (January 2020): 49-73, Kei Koga, “Japan’s ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ Strategy: Tokyo’s Tactical Hedging and the Implications for ASEAN,’ Contemporary Southeast Asia, vol. 41, no. 2 (August 2019):286-313; Narushige Michishita, “Japan’s Grand Strategy for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific,” in The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Politics, eds. Robert J. Pekkanen and Saadia M. Pekkanen (New York: Oxford University Press, 2021), 495-513; Mie Oba, “Nihon no ‘indo-taiheiyo’ koso [‘Indo-Pacific’: from Japan’s perspective],” Kokusai Anzenhosho [Journal of International Security], vol. 46, no. 3 (December 2018), 12-32; Hiroshi Nakanishi, “Nihon Gaiko ni okeru ‘Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo’ [‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ in Japanese Diplomacy],” Gaiko [Diplomacy], vol. 52 (December 2018), 12-19; Tomohiko Satake and Ryo Sahashi, “The Rise of China and Japan’s ‘Vision’ for Free and Open Indo-Pacific,” Journal of Contemporary China, (2021) 30:127, 18-35; Yoshihide Soeya, “Nihon no Indo-Taiheiyo Gaiko to Kinrin Gaiko [Japan’s Indo-Pacific Diplomacy and Neighborhood Diplomacy],” Kokusai Mondai [International Affairs], vol. 688 (January-February 2020), 18-32; Harukata Takenaka, “‘Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo’ Koso to Nihon no Tochi Kiko [‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ and Japanese Governance Structure],” in Harukata Takenaka (ed.), “Kyokoku Chugoku” to Taijisuru Indo-Taiheiyo Shokoku [Indo-Pacific Nations facing China aspiring to be a “Great Country”], Chikura Publishing Company, 2022, 97-138.3 Michishita, “Japan’s Grand Strategy for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific”; Oba, “Nihon no ‘Indo-Taiheiyo’ Koso”; Soeya, “‘Nihon no Indo-Taiheiyo Gaiko to Kinrin Gaiko”; Satake and Sahashi, “The Rise of China and Japan’s ‘Vision’ for Free and Open Indo-Pacific”; Takenaka, “‘Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo’ Koso to Nihon no Tochi Kiko.4 Aizawa, “Gaimusho HP kara Yomitoku ‘Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo Senryaku (FOIP)’ no Rinen to Jissen”; Nakanishi, “Nihon Gaiko ni okeru ‘Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo; Oba, “Nihon no ‘Indo-Taiheiyo’ Koso”; Satake and Sahashi, “The Rise of China and Japan’s ‘Vision’ for Free and Open Indo-Pacific”; Takenaka, “‘Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo’ Koso to Nihon no Tochi Kiko; Harukata Takenaka, “Prime Ministers Leadership and ‘Free and Open Indo Pacific’ Vision: A Response to Changing International Environment,” paper presented at the 2019 Annual Convention of the Japanese Association of International Relations, Niigata, Japan, October 20, 2019.5 Koga, “Japan’s ‘Indo-Pacific’ question”; Koga, “Japan’s ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ Strategy; Nakanishi, “Nihon Gaiko ni okeru ‘Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo’; Oba, “Nihon no ‘Indo-Taiheiyo’ Koso”; Satake and Sahashi, “The Rise of China and Japan’s ‘Vision’ for Free and Open Indo-Pacific.”6 Takenaka, “‘Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo’ Koso to Nihon no Tochi Kiko.7 Shinzo Abe, “Asia’s Democratic Security Diamond,” Project Syndicate website, December 27, 2012, https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/a-strategic-alliance-for-japan-and-india-by-shinzo-abe.8 “Policy Speech by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the 183rd Session of the Diet on January 28, 2013,” Prime Minister Office of Japan website, https://japan.kantei.go.jp/96_abe/statement/201301/28syosin_e.html (English).9 Keynote Address by Shinzo ABE, Prime Minister Abe at the 13th IISS Asian Security Summit (The Shangri-La Dialogue),” Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan website, https://www.mofa.go.jp/fp/nsp/page4e_000086.html (English).10 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Diplomatic Bluebook, 2018, 13; Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Diplomatic Bluebook, 2019, 24; Keiichi Ichikawa, “Baiden Shin Seiken no Tenbo to ‘Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo’ no Jitsugen [Prospects for the New Biden Administration and Realization of a ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’,” Kōken magazine, no. 692, 56-79.11 “National Defense Program Guidelines for FY 2019 and beyond”, December 18, 2018, 15. https://www.mod.go.jp/j/policy/agenda/guideline/2019/pdf/20181218_e.pdf12 Tomoki Kamo, “‘Taikoku’ Chugoku no Taigai Kodo no Henka to Kokunai Seiji [‘Great Power’ China’s Changing External Behavior and Domestic Politics]” in Takenaka (ed.), “Kyokoku Chugoku” to Taijisuru Indo-Taiheiyo Shokoku,42.13 Shinzo Abe, Abe Shinzo Kaikoroku [Shinzo Abe Memoirs], Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc., 319.14 “Welcome Reception for the Third Japan-China Business Leader and Former High-Level Government Official Dialogue (Japan-China CEO Summit),” Prime Minister Office of Japan website, https://japan.kantei.go.jp/98_abe/actions/201712/4article4.html (English).15 “Policy Speech by Prime Minister KISHIDA Fumio to the 205th Session of the Diet,” Prime Minister’s Office of Japan website, https://japan.kantei.go.jp/100_kishida/statement/202110/_00005.html (English).16 “National Security Strategy,” December 17, 2013, 2. https://www.cas.go.jp/jp/siryou/131217anzenhoshou/nss-e.pdf17 “National Security Strategy of Japan,” December 2022, 8.18 “National Defense Strategy,” December 16, 2022, 15. https://www.mod.go.jp/j/policy/agenda/guideline/strategy/pdf/strategy_en.pdf19 Seiji Kihara, “Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara Seiji Discusses Japan’s Upgraded “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” Vision (pt.2),” https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/a08902/deputy-chief-cabinet-secretary-kihara-seiji-discusses-japan%E2%80%99s-upgraded-free-and-open-ind.html.20 Kihara, “Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara Seiji Discusses Japan’s Upgraded “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” Vision (pt.2),” https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/a08902/deputy-chief-cabinet-secretary-kihara-seiji-discusses-japan%E2%80%99s-upgraded-free-and-open-ind.html.21 Japan Times, December 21, 2022, https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/12/21/asia-pacific/china-south-china-sea-grab/.22 Fumio Kishida, “The Future of the Indo-Pacific,” March 20, 2023, 5-10. https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/100477739.pdf23 “Policy Speech by Prime Minister Kishida Fumio at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), “March 20, 2023. https://japan.kantei.go.jp/101_kishida/statement/202303/_00013.html24 Kihara, “Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara Seiji Discusses Japan’s Upgraded “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” Vision (pt.2),” https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/a08902/deputy-chief-cabinet-secretary-kihara-seiji-discusses-japan%E2%80%99s-upgraded-free-and-open-ind.html.25 Kihara, “Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara Seiji Discusses Japan’s Upgraded “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” Vision (pt.2),” https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/a08902/deputy-chief-cabinet-secretary-kihara-seiji-discusses-japan%E2%80%99s-upgraded-free-and-open-ind.html.Additional informationNotes on contributorsTakenaka HarukataTakenaka Harukata is a professor of political science at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo. He holds a PhD from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Tokyo. His key research areas are the role of the prime minister in Japanese politics, changes in Japanese external policy, and democratization in Pre-war Japan.His recent publications include: “Kyokoku Chugoku” to Taijisuru Indo-Taiheiyo Shokoku [Indo-Pacific Nations facing China aspiring to be a “Great Country”](edited) (Tokyo: Chikura Publishing Company, 2022), “Evolution of Japanese security policy and the House of Councillors,” Japanese Journal of Political Science, 22:2 (2021): 96-115; Korona Kiki no Seiji [Politics of Covid 19 Crisis](Tokyo: Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc., 2020), “Expansion of the Japanese prime minister’s power in the Japanese parliamentary system: Transformation of Japanese politics and the institutional reforms,” Asian Survey, 59:5(2019):844-869; Failed Democratization in Prewar Japan (Stanford University Press 2014), and Sangiin to wa nani ka [What Is the House of Councillors?] (Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc., 2010), winner of the Osaragi Jirō Rondan Prize.

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2023年3月，日本首相岸田文雄宣布了“自由开放的印度-太平洋新计划”(FOIP)。在此之前，岸田文雄内阁于2022年12月修改了《国家安全战略》，并通过了《国防战略》。新的国家安全战略正式将FOIP定位为日本安全战略的基本组成部分。此外，岸田文雄内阁提出了新计划，作为日本将在该倡议下推行的具体政策的第一个全面大纲。新规划包含“四大合作支柱”，共51项政策。尽管扩大了安全政策的范围，但岸田文雄内阁强调了该倡议的外交性质，强调了该地区合作的各种议程。这篇文章阐述了岸田文雄首相如何默默维护和完善“新计划”倡议的战略性质，以应对中国在印度-太平洋地区日益增长的存在和影响。注1安倍、菅义伟、岸田文雄三届政府将日本的印太战略统称为“自由开放的印太战略”、“自由开放的印太倡议”、“自由开放的印太战略”或简称为“FOIP”。本文将这一系列战略统称为“自由开放的印太倡议”。但是，当总理在演讲或首脑会议中使用“战略”等特定术语时，文章就使用该术语Teruaki Aizawa，“Gaimusho HP kara Yomitoku ' Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo Senryaku (FOIP) ' no Rinen to Jissen[从外交部网站解码的'自由开放的印度太平洋战略(FOIP) '的哲学与实践]”，笹川和平基金会海洋政策研究所，2018年7月30日，https://www.spf.org/oceans/global-data/20181116181023949.pdf(英文);Teruaki Aizawa，“Sonogo no ' Jiyu de Hirakareta Indo-Taiheiyo Senryaku (FOIP) ' no Hensen to Tenkai[自由开放的印度太平洋战略(FOIP)的后续变化和发展]”，笹川和平基金会海洋政策研究所，2019年6月15日，https://www.spf.org/oceans/analysis_ja02/post_20190621-copy.html;片田saori，“印度-太平洋倡议与地区经济伙伴关系”，《国际事务》，第687卷(2019年12月)，25-36,https://www2.jiia.or.jp/kokusaimondai_archive/2010/2019-12_004.pdf?noprint;古贺庆:《日本的“印太”问题:对抗中国还是塑造地区新秩序》，《国际事务》第96期。1(2020年1月):49-73，古贺庆，“日本的‘自由开放的印太’战略:东京的战术对冲及其对东盟的影响”，《当代东南亚》，第41卷，第1期。2(2019年8月):286-313;德成道下，“日本对自由开放的印度-太平洋的大战略”，《牛津日本政治手册》，编辑。Robert J. Pekkanen和Saadia M. Pekkanen(纽约:牛津大学出版社，2021)，495-513;欧巴三明，“印度-太平洋:从日本的角度看”，《国际安全研究》，第46卷，第2期。3(2018年12月)，12-32;中西浩:“日本外交中的‘自由开放的印度太平洋’”，《外交》第52卷(2018年12月)，第12-19页;“中国的崛起与日本对自由开放的印度-太平洋的‘愿景’”，《当代中国》，(2021):127,18 -35;“日本的印太外交与周边外交”，《国际事务》，第688卷(2020年1 - 2月)，第18-32页;竹中春田，《自由开放的印度-太平洋与日本的治理结构》，载于竹中春田编，《面对渴望成为“大国”的中国的印度-太平洋国家》，千仓出版公司，2022年第97-138.3页，《日本的自由开放的印度-太平洋大战略》;欧巴，“Nihon no ' Indo-Taiheiyo ' Koso”;Soeya，““Nihon no Indo-Taiheiyo Gaiko to Kinrin Gaiko”;《中国崛起与日本对自由开放的印太“愿景”》;竹中，“平areta Jiyu - de Indo-Taiheiyo”Koso to Nihon no Tochi Kiko。他拥有斯坦福大学博士学位和东京大学法学学士学位。主要研究领域为首相在日本政治中的作用、日本对外政策的变化、战前日本的民主化等。他最近的著作包括:《Kyokoku Chugoku》到《Taijisuru Indo-Taiheiyo Shokoku》(编辑)(东京:Chikura出版公司，2022)，《日本安全政策的演变与参议院》，《日本政治科学杂志》，22:2 (2021):96-115;《新冠肺炎危机的政治》(东京:中央社新社，2020)，“日本首相权力在日本议会制度中的扩张:日本政治转型与制度改革”，《亚洲研究》，59 (5)(2019):844-869;《战前日本失败的民主化》(斯坦福大学出版社，2014)，《什么是参议院?》(Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc.， 2010)， Osaragi jirichi Rondan奖得主。

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