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Japan At War And Peace : Shidehara Kijuro And The Making Of Modern Diplomacy
Paperback Edition: 1
The best embodiment of diplomacy in Japan's emerging democracy - the development of parliamentary democracy and mass-based democracy - is Shidehara Kijuro (1872 -1951), who served as foreign minister from 1924 to 1927 and from 1929 to 1931, and was prime minister from 1945 to 1946. As a diplomat from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shidehara had long grappled with the issue of how to ensure diplomatic coherence in modern Japan, which was becoming increasingly democratic. Although Shidehara succeeded to some extent in promoting diplomacy in cooperation with the US and the UK under party politics, the rise of the military after the Manchurian Incident forced him to retire for a period. However, after the Pacific War, Shidehara became prime minister of the US-occupied Japan and attempted to restore cooperative diplomacy under party politics. Shidehara came to the conclusion that the way to achieve both democracy and diplomatic coherence was through nonpartisan diplomacy towards peace.
This book examines the tension between diplomacy and democracy, focusing on Shidehara's life and exploring modern Japan's footsteps. Shidehara was undoubtedly one of Japan's most important diplomatic figures.Publisher : ANU Press
Publication date : 2021-12-01
Subjects: Non-fiction, Published in Australia, Humanities, History, Politics, Australasian & Pacific History, Diplomacy