| This study purports to construct a new strategy for Japanese defense based upon nonviolent theories. As approached to the end of the 1990s, Japan's traditional thinking on defense strategy has been incapable of dealing with possible military conflicts in the Taiwan strait and the Korean peninsula. Japan now needs an alternative strategy for resolving these conflicts, which are the most urgent national security menace to Japan, and this study assumes that Japan as the global civilian power could play a unique role in international security in East Asia.; In this study, John Burton's conflict resolution theory based upon problem-solving approach is employed. The problem-solving approach is the main strategic framework for Japan's alternative strategy, which consists of six features: the political-strategic assessment, political purpose, strategic aims, organization and procedure, communication and think tanks. This study proposes that Japan becomes neutral-third-party to facilitate a panel in which all disputing parties can satisfy their needs. This can fundamentally resolve potential conflicts between the PRC and Taiwan, and North Korea and South Korea. |
