Energy Security Game And Geographical Political Economy

Energy is an important material base for humankind's existence and production. Today, the energy resources and its exploiting not only influence the social civilization and economic development, but also strongly influence the international politics. The protection of the native energy insurance occupies the core part of the policy and strategy everywhere. As a country poor of resource, Japan leads a very successful way to support the native energy in aspect of political practice. Thus it is also the worthy and meaningful approach that could be borrowed by china due to the graduate increase the source import. Meantime, both as the largest energy consuming countries in eastern Asia, china and Japan also have the mutual competition, as well as cooperation, for resource.Energy has restricted the economy development in Japan for many years. It is work focuses for Japan government after World War Two to make and carry out reasonable and effective energy stratagem. With the developing of social economy and changing of external environment, Japan is coming up to and perfecting its various energy constitute, multiple importing and energy strategy based on petroleum reservation. At the same time, free exploiting, strengthening energy diplomacy and solidifying the relationship with petroleum and gas producing countries are applied in carrying out oil and gas resources. Especially taking account of the energy sources security stratagem and the factors of regional politics, Japan continuously expands the cooperation on the area of oil and gas with the Southeast countries to prevent from relying on the oil resource from the Middle East too much. Basing on national interest, Japan and Southeast countries are working together to get the mutual interest and common interest by the energy sources cooperation, which also affects the regional situations.