Japan’s Foreign Policy towards Vietnam after the Vietnam War, 1975-1985

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Abstract. This article a n a ly ze s Ja p a nese fo reig n p o lic y to w a rd s the Social R e p u b lic of V ietnam (hereafter ca lled Vietna m ) after the end o f the V ietn a m War. In d o in g s o , it p o in t s o u t that Vietnam , genera lly , continued to hold an important p la c e in J a p a n ’s f o re ig n p o lic y in S o u th ea stA s ia region, d esp ite the fa ct that the Japanese attitude w a s s t ill d elib er a t e, a n d e s p e c ia lly in this perio d it w a s ch a ra cterized b y a co m p lica ted p o licy - m a k in g p r o c e s s in c o n n e c t io n w ith ex tern a factors. B y illustrating the co n tin u ities and ch a n g es in J a p a n ese f o re ig n p o lic y s in c e 1 9 7 5 , the
a rticle h ig h lig h ts that a lth o u g h Japan has tried to p u rsu e m o re a c t iv e ly p o lit ic a l ro le in fo reig na ffa irs, there are so m e stro n g e v id e n c e s to p ro v e h o w J a p a n -V ietn a m re la t io n s w er e in f lu e n c e d by foreign pressure (gaiatsu), especially from the United State.K e y w o r d s : Japan, V ietn a m , Japan's forein policy, Japan Vietnam relations