Theoretical Approaches To The Japan America Security Alliance

Author : Takashi Fukuyama
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1084 pages
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Download or read book Research of Japan - U.S. Security Alliance written by Takashi Fukuyama and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 1084 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this dissertation is to look back on the roles the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty has played since the treat was signed on 8 September 1951 in San Francisco for about 70 years and to explain my opinion why Japan and the United States should maintain and enhance the treaty in order to take measures against the rapidly and greatly changing security environments not only in the Asia-Pacific region but also in the world. In fact, the treaty was once revised in 1960, but about 60 years have already passed since then. And the circumstances of the two countries and the situations surrounding Japan has greatly changed. Therefore, both the countries have come to feel dissatisfied with the contents of the existing treaty. Indeed, I believe that the second revision time of the treaty has already arrived. As to the United States, President Donald Trump has often criticized the inequality of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States and requests Japan to tremendously increase the burden rate of the cost for U.S. military forces stationing in Japan. In addition, he even suggests that Japan should go nuclear so that the United States may not protect Japan under the U.S. Nuclear Umbrella. On the other hand, many Japanese people have begun to ask whether the contents of the treaty are impartial for the benefits of Japan, for example regarding the Japan-U.S. Status Forces of Agreement, Japan's Host Nation Support for the U.S. troops in Japan, U.S. military bases concentration on Okinawa and so on. As a matter of fact, I have heard some Japanese insist that Japan also should have nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles in order to compete with North Korea and China. In fact, in this dissertation I have taken up and examined various security systems that Japan and the United States can adopt to maintain the peace and security not only for both the countries but also for the Asia-Pacific region. However, to my regret, I could not find any effective and ideal type of security policy except the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty. Therefore, Japan and the United States seem to have no choice but to make their best efforts to enhance the Alliance by solving every irrational problems to the satisfaction of the two countries. I have tried to examine the problems of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty referring to Alexander Wendt's Social Constructivist perspectives in the International Relations Theory. He demonstrates that constructivists go beyond the material reality by including the effects of ideas and beliefs on world politics.