The Senkaku Islands and Tanaka's meeting with Mao (September 27)

2021 ◽  
pp. 103-112
Author(s):  
Ryuji Hattori ◽  
Graham B. Leonard
Keyword(s):  
Senkaku Islands

South Korea’s and Taiwan’s Territorial Disputes with Japan, 1990s to 2018

Asian Survey ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 583-606
Author(s):  
Christina Lai
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
State Building ◽  
Territorial Disputes ◽  
Maritime Disputes ◽  
Constructivist Perspective ◽  
Senkaku Islands ◽  
Taiwanese Government

South Korea and Taiwan are former Japanese colonies that have undergone similar processes of state-building since WWII. But they have chosen different rhetorical frameworks in their maritime disputes with Japan. In South Korea, negotiating with Japan can be viewed as threatening the country’s independence and pride, whereas in the Taiwanese government, cooperation with Japan is considered mutually beneficial. Why have these two countries taken such divergent stances toward Japan? This article examines the territorial disputes between South Korea and Japan over Dokdo, and between Taiwan and Japan over the Senkaku Islands. It sets forth a rhetorical framework of comparison, and it proposes a constructivist perspective in understanding South Korea’s and Taiwan’s legitimation strategies toward Japan from the late 1990s to 2018. This comparative study suggests that the differences between their legitimation strategies can be traced to their different colonial experiences with Japan.

Japan-US Economic Relations in the Post-Trans-Pacific Partnership Era

2017 ◽  
Vol 09 (03) ◽  
pp. 38-49
Author(s):  
Min-Hua CHIANG
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Significant Step ◽  
Senkaku Islands

Japan and the United States have agreed to discuss a post-Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) bilateral trade framework during the Abe-Trump meeting in February 2017. The bilateral trade talks will be a significant step for Japan to remain economically connected to America. To reward Japan’s support of Trump’s economic agenda, the United States has promised to defend Japan, including the disputed Senkaku islands.

China’s “Harmonious Society” Challenges Corporate Japan

2012 ◽  
pp. 182-196
Author(s):  
Keikoh Ryu
Keyword(s):  
Harmonious Society ◽  
Chinese Media ◽  
Foreign Companies ◽  
The Face ◽  
Political Conditions ◽  
Japanese Companies ◽  
Japanese Corporations ◽  
Senkaku Islands ◽  
Second World ◽  
Widespread Dissemination

Anti-Japanese sentiment in China since the Second World War has been exacerbated by recent territorial disputes involving the Senkaku Islands and the natural resources of the East China Sea. The widespread dissemination of anti-Japanese propaganda by the Chinese media has further contributed to this negative image of Japanese corporations. This pervasive climate of anti-Japanese sentiment has forced Japanese companies seeking to expand their businesses abroad to grapple with the unique challenges of navigating the highly politicized environment of Chinese harmonious society. Still, the success of any foreign companies in China fundamentally depends on whether China’s market economy continues to develop in the face of harsh political conditions and growing social unrest. To date, only a handful of studies have addressed the effects of Chinese harmonious society on the performance of Japanese corporations operating in China. This study is an attempt to fill that gap.

scholarly journals Nationalism and international disputes in China

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Tam ◽  
Soojin Kim
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Transnational Corporations ◽  
Territorial Dispute ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Political Function ◽  
China And Japan ◽  
Senkaku Islands

Abstract For decades, the territorial dispute between China and Japan over the sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands has caused diplomatic deteriorations in Sino-Japanese relations. When there is extensive media coverage on news about the dispute, nationalist sentiments in both two countries would be triggered and could be expressed through detrimental behaviors towards transnational corporations (hereinafter TNCs). While TNCs play a significant political function as corporate diplomats for their home countries, they are subject to the risk of crises when their home countries are involved in political and economic conflicts with the foreign countries in which they have operations. Against this backdrop, this paper seeks to examine the roles of TNCs with reference to three cases of nationalism-induced crises in China. It proposes relational principles based on which TNCs could implement strategies to mitigate the damage from nationalism-induced crises and contribute to their home countries’ diplomatic goals as corporate diplomats.

Real-world Islands in a Social Media Sea: Nationalism and Censorship on Weibo during the 2012 Diaoyu/Senkaku Crisis

2016 ◽  
Vol 225 ◽  
pp. 23-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Cairns ◽  
Allen Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Real World ◽  
Safety Valve ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Sina Weibo ◽  
Audience Costs ◽  
Public Sentiment ◽  
Senkaku Islands

AbstractDuring August and September 2012, Sino-Japanese conflict over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands escalated. Alongside street demonstrations in China, there was an outpouring of public sentiment on China's leading micro-blog, Sina Weibo (微波). Using human and computer-assisted content analysis, we exploit original Weibo data to measure how public sentiment in China fluctuated over the dispute, and ask two questions. First, how cohesive and volatile were online nationalist sentiments? Second, we measure government censorship of Weibo in order to ask which sentiments did authorities allow to be expressed, and when? We first find that many of the micro-bloggers' harshest invective was directed not at Japan but at their own government. Second, while censorship remained high across topics for most of the dispute, it plummeted on 18 August – the same day as bloggers' anger at Beijing peaked. These observations suggest three theoretical explanations: two are instrumental-strategic (“audience costs” and “safety valve”) and one is ideational (elite identification with protesters).

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