POSTWAR JAPAN S SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY

• Grant number: 10/04600-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: August 01, 2010
• End date: March 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Political Science - International Politics
• Principal Investigator: Shiguenoli Miyamoto
• Grantee: Paulo Daniel Watanabe
• Host Institution: Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

After the end of World War II, Japan was destroyed economically and physically. It was under American Occupation for seven years (leaded by General MacArthur). During the Cold War, Agreements and Treaties were signed in 1951 (San Francisco Peace Agreement and Mutual Security Treaty). Thus, the Occupation forces led by the Americans left Japan, which had its sovereignty restored on April 28th 1952, when the Agreement of San Francisco went into effect. Subsequently, the country served as U.S. military bases to ensure the U.S. presence in the Asia-Pacific Area, in exchange of the security of its territory. This paper intends to examine the ways in which the foreign policy and security of Japan were built, as well as its international role. This paper will find out whether there were changes in the behavior of Japan in these areas. Period: 1947 to 1991.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

WATANABE, Paulo Daniel. Postwar Japan¿s security and foreign policy. 2012. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas Campinas, SP.