Background
Tokugawa's dictatorship lasted long period time since 1603. He had isolated Japan to maintain his authority by avoiding foreign influence. 2 centuries after Treaty of Kanagawa was signed by Japan with United states in 1854. All ports of japan was opened to world and Japan started to accepting modern culture of western. Japan became the core power in region in late 1900 and using their power to defeat both China and Russia. Japan occupied almost the whole region in east Asia including Korea,Taiwan and land of China. Japan attacked US in Pearl Harbor and triggered US to join World War II. US counter attacked Japan with very first actual Nuclear bomb operation on Hiroshima and stopped World War II. Soon after Japan was recovered from the damage of World War II and became an aliance with US. Rapid economic growth of Japan went on until 1990s and it experienced economy slowdown, But Japan still remains their economic superpower internationally.In 2005 Japan entered a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.
National Identity.
Japan first accpeted the western modernization as their model,but simultaneously obtained tradition of Japan.But Japan never adopted all of western culture. This Ambiguous behavior in history caused Japan to invade Asia. Because of all of these matters in past, Japan's politic,society and culture are isolated from Asia.Japan is getting more focused by world than before and succeeded in mordernization, but Japan no longer thinks western society as their role model. Japan is trying to obtain their own identity.
National Interests
Recently, Japan announced that they want to be member of United Nations Security Concil in spite of stagnation of economy.Through increasing armaments, Japan expect to get more status and reputation from strength to strength in World society.
Levers of Power
|
Population |
127,417,244 (July 2005 est.) |
|
Age structure |
0-14 years: 14.3% (male 9,328,584/female 8,866,772) 15-64 years: 66.2% (male 42,462,533/female 41,942,835) 65 years and over: 19.5% (male 10,435,284/female 14,381,236) (2005 est.) |
|
International organization participation |
AfDB, APEC, APT, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, CE (observer), CERN (observer), CP, EBRD, FAO, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LAIA, MIGA, NAM (guest), NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE (partner), Paris Club, PCA, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNMOVIC, UNRWA, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTO, ZC |
|
GDP |
purchasing power parity - $3.745 trillion (2004 est.) |
|
GDP - real growth rate |
2.9% (2004 est.) |
|
Economy - overview |
The government of Japan invest lots of money in Industry and then develop high technolgy. Relatively, Japan spend small money to defense allocation (1% of GDP) so that helped advance with amazing rapidity. The rank of Japan's economy is third after the US and China but In case of technology, Japan ranked second.(The rank mesurerd on a purchasing power parity.) |
|
Labor force |
66.97 million (2004 est.) |
|
Labor force - by occupation |
agriculture 5%, industry 25%, services 70% (2002 est.) |
|
Budget |
revenues: $1.401 trillion expenditures: $1.748 trillion, including capital expenditures (public works only) of about $71 billion (2004 est.) |
|
Oil - exports |
93,360 bbl/day (2001) |
|
Natural gas - production |
2.519 billion cu m (2001 est.) |
|
Military branches |
Ground Self-Defense Force (Army), Maritime Self-Defense Force (Navy), Air Self-Defense Force (Air Force) |
|
Military expenditures - dollar figure |
$45.841 billion (2004) |
|
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
1% (2004) |
Established Negotiating Position
Japanese government wants to rearrange the six parties talks to fundamentally resolve the problem of North Korea Nuclear research.Japanese prime minister Koizumi Junichiro quoted ‘°To eliminate Nuclear weapons in Korean peninsula, there is only one method that will work. It is to have conversations with many countries and reach to a consensus.‘± during the Korea, China and Japan summits in Laos.The current issue in Japan is the abduction of 10 Japanese personnel which North korea is the probable suspect. This issue leaded Japanese people to stop governmental support to North Korea.In Current Japanese Politics, Both main power party and opposition party are trying to make economic sanction plan.Prime minister Koizumi quoted ‘°If we stop negotiating with North Korea, there is no possible solution on problem of abduction.‘±, which indicates that he is willing to sustain it‘―s talkative position. But if any of these matters have no signs of progress, Prime minister Koizumi does not have any choice but to follow majority of Japanese politics about the sanction plan.
Goals
MD Missile Defense
CVID= Complete, Verifiable, Irreversible Dismantlement
Negotiation on abduction