Identity, Culture and Memory in Japanese Foreign Policy

Michal Kolmaš holds a Ph.D. in international relations from Charles University in Prague and is currently an associate professor at Metropolitan University Prague. His articles on Japanese foreign policy appeared in journals such as The Pacific Review, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Japanese Journal of Political Science and others. His latest book National Identity and Japanese Revisionism was published in 2019.Yoichiro Sato holds a Ph.D. in political science from University of Hawaii and is currently at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University. His more than ten published books include Regional Institutions, Geopolitics and Economics in the Asia Pacific (co-edited, 2017) and Re-Rising Japan (Peter Lang, 2017).

• Yoichiro Sato: Preface – Acknowledgments – Michal Kolmaš: Introduction: National Identity and the Study of Japan – Hidetaka Yoshimatsu: National Identity and Asian Diplomacy under Abe – Yoshinori Kaseda: Ideational Factors behind the Erosion of Japan’s Pacifism – Utpal Vyas: Japan-UK Relations before and after the Brexit Referendum – Yoichiro Sato: Industrial Policies, the East Asian Miracle, and Regional Integration after the 2008 Global Financial Crisis – Takashi Hosoda: National Identity, National Pride, and Armed Force in Japan: How to Verify the Existence of Pacifist Culture in Japan – Jan Sýkora: Collective (Historical) Memory and National Identity in Contemporary Japan: Contested War Narrative and Myth-Making in Japan’s Longest Day – Emilia S. Heo: Through the Eyes of Others: Postwar Reconciliation Narrative in Contemporary Japan – David Kozisek: China as an Other in Japanese Media: Construction of National Identity – Notes on Contributors – Index.