Research On Japan's Overseas Interest Maintenance Policy In Southeast Asia In The 21st Century

Southeast Asia is one of the key regions of Japan's national strategic layout and implementation.As a result,southeast Asia is seen as Japan's strategic "backyard".After the second world war,Japan realized its economic revival and take-off with the policy measures of "compensation is investment" and "flying geese" development mode,and then laid a foundation and created conditions for it to pursue the goal of "political power" and seek new breakthroughs in security field.It can be said that the special position of southeast Asia in Japan's national strategic layout and implementation makes it occupy a strategic position that cannot be underestimated in Japan's overseas interest maintenance policy.Since the end of the cold war,Japan has been hit by the Asian financial crisis and the global financial crisis.Since the new century,especially after the September 11 incident,the security situation in southeast Asia has become more subtle and complex.In addition,the rapid rise of emerging countries in and outside the region,the strategic move of the United States to accelerate its return to the Asia-pacific region,and the collective development trend of neighboring countries have reduced Japan's dominant power and influence in surrounding regions and global affairs,and increased the challenges and pressures in overseas interest maintenance.This point,in the southeast Asian region is particularly prominent and obvious.In Southeast Asia,Japan's overseas interests can be divided into political,economic,security and cultural interests.On the whole,Japan's overseas interest maintenance policy in this region is centered on "economic" development and arranged in a "concentric circle",which has roughly gone through the development process of "economic","economic and political" and "economic and political security".In the early stage of Japan's operation in southeast Asia,it took the negotiation of economic compensation as the center and economic assistance as the way,thus forming the development system of "compensation-aid-investment" phase cycle.With the strengthening and deepening of economic relations between Japan and southeast Asian countries,the interaction between the two sides has expanded to the field of political cooperation.Marked by "Fukuda doctrine"(1976),insist on equality,development and cooperation by participating in regional affairs and expand their political existence and active role in the development of a firm in Japan in southeast Asia strategy,as Japan's long-term adherence to the policy guidelines,made Japan in southeast Asia overseas interests more extensive and comprehensive,followed by overseas interests maintenance demand is also growing.Since the new century,Japan in southeast Asia overseas interests maintenance policy more hasten is complex,comprehensive and diversity,its for basic shaft to the alliance,based on the laws and institutions,development cooperation for development,strengthen the public opinion for auxiliary,safety for backup of multidisciplinary collaboration policy,to be able to clear and be comes through clearly.Japan's overseas interest maintenance policy in southeast Asia is characterized by three features: "from following to leading" in terms of regional dominance,"from low-key to active" in economic cooperation,and "from economy to security" in key areas.Japan's long-term investment in the region has enabled it to have a number of bilateral or regional institutional cooperation platforms,a mature system of government development assistance,a better public opinion base in the region and other advantageous resources.However,because of a shortage of Japanese economic development driving force,limited overseas security maintenance is more,combined with the repairing and strengthening of American Asia-pacific strategy,China's clout grows,India's "strategic eastward" policy,"north" strategy,Australia,southeast Asia geopolitical security and investment environment factors such as the volatility of the composite,the implement in the new period is limited by many overseas interests maintenance policy in southeast Asia.The long-term containment of Japan's strategic independence by the japan-us alliance also makes Japan's regional strategy of "divide and rule" undermine the unity of ASEAN to some extent,thus increasing the difficulty and uncertainty of Japan's overseas interest maintenance policy in southeast Asia.Japan's overseas interest maintenance policy and mode in southeast Asia have certain enlightenment significance to China's maintenance and promotion of overseas interests in the new era.In recent years,with the promotion and implementation of the "One Belt And One Road" initiative,the expansion and maintenance of China's overseas interests have entered a new stage.In the course of advancing policy communication,road connectivity,unimpeded trade,currency circulation and people-to-people connectivity,China should give priority to ensuring high-quality construction and implementation of the "five links",and should make strategic planning and establish a system for protecting overseas interests supported by institutional benchmarks,spilt power and soft power.