Local Governments in Japan and Roles Played in Sino-Japanese Relations |
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Authors: | Simon Xu Hui Shen |
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Affiliation: | 1. Faculty of Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Room 401A, Hui Yeung Shing Building, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
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Abstract: | The potential roles played by local governments in Japan regarding Sino-Japanese relations are often neglected. Drawing upon a few representative case studies by highlighting the interaction between local and international politics, the article aims at analyzing the possible impacts of Japan’s local governments on Sino-Japanese relations in the future. First, it reviews the theoretical framework of sub-national or paradiplomacy and the relevant literature on Japan’s local governments in such framework. Second, through showing how their local leaders attempted to pursue local or personal interests by taking Sino-Japanese relations as hostage, it uses four local governments in Japan that have peculiar interaction with China as case studies. Finally, it previews some patterns as derived from the cases, in order to draw some implications for both Tokyo and Beijing. |
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