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Japan-China Relations in the Modern Era

Japan-China Relations in the Modern Era

Kokubun Ryosei, Soeya Yoshihide, Takahara Akio, Kawashima Shin
Translated by Keith Krulak

Routledge

History

GBP125

ISBN 9781138714915
234 mm x 156 mm / 250 pp. / March 2017

GBP36.99

ISBN 9781138714601
234 mm x 156 mm / 250 pp. / March 2017

GBP36.99

ISBN 9781315229058 (ePub)
March 2017

From before the dawn of recorded history, there has been a rich flow of interaction between Japan and China. Japan has long learned many things from Chinese civilization, and since the modern era Japan began to learn from Japan. In the twenty-first century, however, China surpassed Japan in terms of GDP in 2010 to become the world's second largest economy. Amid this rapid rise of Chia and what has been called a power-shift in Japan-China relations, there are signs that bilateral tensions are rising and that the image each country has of the other is worsening.

This volume provides a cogent analysis of the politics of the bilateral relationship in the modern era, explaining the past, present, and future of Japan–China relations during a time of massive political, social, and economic changes. Written by a team of internationally renowned Japanese scholars and based on sources not available in English, this book is essential reading for students and scholars of Japan–China relations, Japanese international relations, and the politics and international relations of East Asia.

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Ryosei KOKUBUN
President of the National Defense Academy of Japan.

Yoshihide SOEYA
Professor in the Faculty of Law, Keio University, Japan.

Akio TAKAHARA
Professor at the Graduate School of Law and Politics, University of Tokyo, Japan.

Shin KAWASHIMA
Professor at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan.

*information as of time of publication

History

Publisher:
Routledge

Hardcover
GBP125
ISBN 9781138714915
234 mm x 156 mm / 250 pp. / March 2017

Softcover
GBP36.99
ISBN 9781138714601
234 mm x 156 mm / 250 pp. / March 2017

eBook
GBP36.99
ISBN 9781315229058 (ePub)
March 2017

List of illustrations / List of boxes / Preface to the English edition / Preface / About the authors and translator / Prologue: Japan-China relations before 1949 / 1. Japan-China relations of the 1950s / 2. Japan-China relations of the 1960s / 3. Japan-China relations of the 1970s / 4. Japan-China relations of the 1980s / 5. Japan-China relations of the 1990s / 6. Japan-China relations at the start of the twenty-first century / 7. The current state of Japan-China relations / Guide to further reading in English / Chronology of key events / Index / Index of names

"This work by four of Japan's most respected and prolific scholars makes an important contribution to the scholarship on modern and contemporary Sino-Japanese relations and will be a must-read for anyone interested in the relationship. The work not only adds to our knowledge and understanding of the history of this important relationship, but also distills and presents in English the results of the most important research on the topic by scholars in Japan. The book, therefore, marks the most up-to-date survey of the field of Japan–China relations in Japan, where the most important work on the subject is being carried out."

Robert Hoppens

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Contemporary Japan

日本と中国の間には、有史以前からの長い交流がある。日本は長く中国文明から多くを学んできたが、近代以降はむしろ中国が日本から学ぶようになった。しかし21世紀に入り、2010年 には中国は国内総生産 (GDP) において日本を抜き、世界第2位に踊り出た。こうした中国の急速な台頭と日中間のパワーシフトが叫ばれる中で、両国間の摩擦が増大し、相互のイメージも悪化する傾向にある。

日中関係は、どこから来て、いまどこにあり、どこへ向かおうとしているのか。めまぐるしく変転する日中関係の中で、確固たる視座を確保するためには、まず歴史をしっかりと抑えておくべきだ、という強い思いを著者4人は共有する。第一線の研究者が、主に政治関係史の視点から1949年の中華人民共和国成立以前の日中関係を概説した上で、1949年以後の日中関係を分析・解説する。英語版刊行に際し、2012年から2015年までを扱う章を追加。

国分良成(防衛大学校長)

添谷芳秀(慶応義塾大学教授)

高原明生(東京大学教授)

川島 真(東京大学准教授)

*著者略歴は書籍刊行時のものを表示しています。

Original Japanese Edition

日中関係史

国分良成、添谷芳秀、高原明生、川島 真 著

有斐閣 刊

2013/12/20

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