What is Japan's primary diplomatic goal after World War II?

The Second World War, referred to as the World Anti-Fascist War for short, is the second global war between Germany, Italy and Japan, the three fascist axis countries and their vassals, the anti-fascist alliance and the anti-fascist forces all over the world.

Japan's Diplomacy after World War II

After World War II, Japan's primary diplomatic goal is to carry out economic diplomacy, which is inseparable from Japan's strategy of becoming an economic power. Japan's foreign policy after World War II has three stages. The first stage is before the cold war, the first half of the cold war. Japan pursues an economic-centered diplomatic strategy. In the second stage, around the end of the Cold War, Japan pursued the diplomatic line of "international state" based on the concept of "political power" and "normal state theory". In the third stage, Japan pursues strategic diplomacy and value diplomacy based on the political demands of "great powers".

Japan's Economic Diplomacy after World War II

Great changes have taken place in Japan's economic and political situation since 1970s. 1971June 17, shortly after Japan and the United States signed the agreement to return Okinawa, US President Nixon suddenly announced his visit to China. A month later, on August 15, Nixon announced the implementation of the "new economic policy" and changed the "Bretton Woods system" to "Jamaica system" as a measure for the United States to get out of trouble. At this time, the Sato regime has come to an end in the West, with the cabinet support rate dropping to 35% and the disapproval rate reaching 46%. Under this political background, the Cabinet officially resigned on July 6, 1972. In the middle and late 1970s, the political situation of "the ruling and opposition parties are evenly matched" appeared in Japanese party politics, which greatly weakened the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's ability to control the National Assembly.

Since the 1980s, with the strengthening of Japan's economic strength, Japan has become increasingly dissatisfied with its status as an economic power and began to seek to become a political power. Japan's political power strategy is the expression and result of economic strategic development, and it is also a new national strategy formed on the basis of economic success. This strategy is based on the following logical connection between "economic power" and "political power": as an economic power, it has the ability to strive to become a political power and should also become a political power; The former provides a basis for Japan to formulate a new strategic goal, while the latter demonstrates the rationality of Japan's declaration of this strategic goal. This long-term regime not only determined the goal of "regime", but also achieved a major political turning point. Moreover, the domestic political situation is relatively stable, and the cabinet support rate has improved significantly, creating a "golden age" in the history of the development of the Liberal Democratic Party.