Shidehara Kijuro and his time / Okazaki Hisahiko ; translated by Noda Makito.
Okazaki, Hisahiko, 1930-2014, author.; Noda, Makito, translator.; Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan, publisher.
2020
DS885.5.S385 O4313 2020 (Mapit)
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Title Shidehara Kijuro and his time / Okazaki Hisahiko ; translated by Noda Makito.
Author Okazaki, Hisahiko, 1930-2014, author.
Uniform Title Shidehara k ijūrō to sono jidai. English
Edition First English edition.
ISBN 9784866580739 (hardback)
4866580739 (hardback)
Published Tokyo, Japan : Published by Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC), 2020.
Copyright ©2020
Language English
Language Note "All Japanese names appearing in this book are written with surname first and given name last. In addition, all Japanese words and names have been romanized in accordance with the Hepburn system, and macrons have been applied to indicate long vowels wherever deemed appropriate."--Page 4
Description 318 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Call Number DS885.5.S385 O4313 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification 952.04
Summary "The Constitution of Japan is often described as a pacifist constitution for its Article 9 renouncing war and foreswearing war potential. Although this is usually attributed to starry-eyed idealists and steely-eyed realists in the occupation, both of which wanted to ensure Japan did not again challenge America's position, there is also a cast to be made for crediting Shidehara Kijūrō (1872-1951). Indeed, the case becomes even stronger if we think of the Constitution not so much as pacifist but more as internationalist--as evidenced in the Preamble's trusting in the justice and faith of the peace-loving peoples of the world and its belief that no nation is responsible to itself alone. For it was Shidehara who was the ultimate internationalist. Born to a middle-class family four years after the Meiji Restoration, he went to Tokyo Imperial University and from there to the civil service, ending up at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, history took him to a number of foreign capitals and historic international conferences on his way to the foreign ministership and after he became foreign minister. Serving as foreign minister under a succession of prime ministers, he developed and staunchly promoted what came to be called Shidehara diplomacy--a foreign policy stance of not intervening in China, respecting the Anglo-Japanese alliance, and adhering to what were put forward as universal values. Yet despite his steadfast championship, this internationalist stance was weakened by widespread discrimination against Japanese (e.g., in America's immigration laws) and fatally wounded by the Kwangtung Army's rogue aggression in China. He resigned as foreign minister in 1931, while retaining his seat in the House of Peers, and was tapped by the occupation to be Japan's first postwar prime minister, putting him in a position to influence the Constitution's drafting. Shidehara's was a principled life engagingly recounted in this informative biography by one of Japan's foremost diplomat-turned-historians."--Jacket
Note "Originally published in Japanese by PHP Institute, Inc. in 2003 under the title of Shidehara Kijūrō to sono jidai."--Title page verso
"English translation ©2020 The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)."--Page 4
"Chronological Table of Shidehara Kijūrō's Life and Accomplishments": pages 294-304
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-293) and index.
Added Author Noda, Makito, translator.
Added Corporate Author Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan, publisher.
Series Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)
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Diplomat of the new age : a typical serious bureaucrat in a time of peace
Beginning of an American century : emerging Japan encounters a rising United States
Chaos on the continent : clumsy handling of the Twenty-One Demands
The era of the Anglo-Japanese alliance : the British gentleman a model for the Japanese
The Anglo-Japanese alliance at a crossroads : how Japan missed the chance to strengthen the alliance
The Russian Revolution and the Siberian intervention : repercussions of the revolution reach Japan
Paris Peace Conference : alliance partner's skilled diplomacy saves Japan
End of the Anglo-Japanese alliance : choice at the crossroads of old and new diplomacy
Peace and the military : the insight and skillful diplomacy that made the Washington conference a success
The blossoming of Shidehara diplomacy : a new departure for Japan's diplomacy
The tide turns : public resentment of Shidehara's cooperative diplomacy
Tanaka diplomacy and Chinese nationalism : the adverse impact of Zhang Zuolin's assassination
Shidehara diplomacy's last hurrah : Shidehara remained unchanged in the midst of turmoil
Epilogue: the end of Shidehara diplomacy : Japan is deprived of a priceless diplomatic asset.
APpendix. Chronological table of Shidehara Kijuro's life and accomplishments.

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