Past-Oriented Foreign Policy: Japanese State-Identity and South Korea Discourse 2009-2012

Q4 Social Sciences

Central European Journal of International and Security Studies Pub Date : 2022-05-02 DOI:10.51870/vegr2906

Edoardo Pieroni

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Abstract

Upon its 2009 General Elections victory, the Democratic Party of Japan defined the Republic of Korea as the core of its Asia-focused foreign policy. Despite initial enthusiasm, the resurgence of controversies like the Dokdo/Takeshima dispute and the Comfort Women issue pulled bilateral relations down to historic lows. This paper contributes to the research on Japan-South Korea relations by adopting a relational constructivist perspective, and offers a comprehensive account of DPJ state-identity narratives vis-à-vis South Korea, until now little discussed in existing literature. An analysis of the foreign policy discourse of Japan's DPJ prime ministers and their cabinet will show that what neutralises successful cooperation is a resilient narrative of superiority against the South Korean other.

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面向过去的外交政策:日本国家认同与韩国话语2009-2012

日本民主党在2009年大选中获胜后，将大韩民国确定为其以亚洲为重点的外交政策的核心。尽管最初的热情高涨，但独岛/竹岛争端和慰安妇问题等争议的死灰复燃将双边关系拉到了历史低点。本文采用关系建构主义的视角对日韩关系的研究做出了贡献，并对迄今为止在现有文献中很少讨论的民主党对韩国的国家身份叙事进行了全面的阐述。对日本民主党首相及其内阁的外交政策话语的分析将表明，抵消成功合作的是对韩国优势的弹性叙事。

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Central European Journal of International and Security Studies Social Sciences-Political Science and International Relations

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期刊介绍： The Central European Journal of International and Security Studies (CEJISS) was founded by Mitchell Belfer (Editor in Chief), David Erkomaishvili (Deputy Editor in Chief), Nigorakhon Turakhanova (Head of the Academic Centre) and Petr Kucera, in December 2006, as an autonomous wing of the Department of International Relations and European Studies at Metropolitan University Prague. The initial goal was to develop, and project globally, a uniquely Central European take on unfolding international and security issues. This entailed an initial “out-reach” programme to attract scholars from throughout the four Central European states – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and the Slovak Republic – to participate in the journal as authors and members of the Editorial and (then) Advisory Boards. By the time of the first issue however, it became clear that CEJISS was also capable of acting as a platform for non-Central European scholars to present their academic research to a more regionalised audience. From issue 1:1 in June 2007 until the present, CEJISS has become, quite literally, a two-way street—it helps Central European scholars enter international academia and international scholars enter Central Europe.