00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-8027390931312570169 Buklod 20240510115747.0 o--- | || || ta 240510s2020 xx d r |||| u| 9784866580739 (hardback) 4866580739 (hardback) (iLib)UPCEB-00013107812 KWW eng rda KWW SYB OCLCO GZN OCLCO WVU OCLCO OCLCF OWU OCLCO COO DLC NGU OCLCQ WRF GYG OCLCO OUN eng jpn DS885.5.S385 O4313 2020 DS885.5.S385 O33 2020 Okazaki, Hisahiko 1930-2014 author. Shidehara kijuro to sono jidai. English. Shidehara Kijuro and his time Okazaki Hisahiko ; translated by Noda Makito. First English edition. Tokyo, Japan Published by Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC) 2020. 318 pages illustrations, portraits 23 cm. Japan Library. "Originally published in Japanese by PHP Institute, Inc. in 2003 under the title of Shidehara Kij?ur?o to sono jidai."--Title page verso. "English translation 2020 The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)."--Page 4. "Chronological Table of Shidehara Ki?uro's Life and Accomplishments": pages 294-304. Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-293) and index. 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. "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 Kij?ur?o (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. Gift of Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture OAU. "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. Shidehara, Kijuro 1872-1951. Diplomats Japan Biography. Foreign ministers Japan Biography. Japan Foreign relations 1868-1912. Japan Foreign relations 1912-1945. Biographies. Noda, Makito translator. Shuppan Bunka Sangyo Shinko Zaidan publisher. 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