The Cultural Source Of Japan's Asian-Pacific Diplomacy

Culture, as a new sight of studying international relations, is attached importance bymore and more academicians and politicians no matter in practical level or in theoreticallevel. The thesis analyze the cultural source of Japan's Asian-Pacific diplomacy usingtheories like cultural theory, cultural anthropology, sociology, psychology and so on.Japan's diplomacy is just like a process of seeking of its identity. Its identity inAsian-Pacific area is heavily printed by a symbol of Japanese culture. Because of theculture of dependent psychology and the lack of the bundles which beyond concept, Japancan depend on and benefit from America without psychological suppress in order toobtain the protection of America in security and be a strong military country itself. Asia isa starting to Japan to be a world-wide strong country. In history, in order to realize thedream of being a world-wide strong country, Japan had invaded Asian neighbors crazily,and this reflects the irrational aspects in Japanese culture. Now, Japan wants to do it again,but Japan's attitude toward the history and admiration of militarism give a bad impressionto Japan's present peaceful line. Thus, if Japan's dream wants to corne true, it mustrethink its culture dilemma deeply. The right way of Japan's culture is to overcomeself-contempt and improve the meaning and quality of Japan's culture itself, and alsoJapan's diplomacy will be in a good cultural environment at the same time. To Japan'sAsian neighbors, remembering the history, stressing the future, and communicating withJapan is a perfect way to deal with Japan and understand its diplomacy.