Wada Haruki
Biographic Data
| ID | 250968 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wada Haruki |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wada |
| FAMILY NAME | Haruki |
| SIGNATURE | HARUKI W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Korean Studies |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Normalization of Relations Between Japan and North Korea: Why Is It Necessary and How Could It Be Accomplished
Author Wada notes that following the collapse of the Japanese empire in 1945, relations between Japan and all parts of the old empire but one have been normalized, mostly long ago. Only with its neighbour, North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea or DPRK) has there been no normalization. In this essay, which is drawn from his extensive writing in Japanese on the subject and follows two earlier related essays in APJJF (2005 and 2022), Wa…
Japan, Korea, and Northeast Asia - the Abe Shinzo Legacy
At the heart of Northeast Asia lie multiple contradictions and unresolved issues left over from Japan's militarist and colonialist past. Author Wada has written prolifically on both Japan-North Korea and Japan-South Korea matters and for the past 20 years has been a tireless advocate of what he calls the "Common Homeland" or "Common House" concept of a post-war and post-Cold War Northeast Asian regional community. Here he analyses the policy fram…
Overcoming the San Francisco System: One Japanese Person's View
On November 8, 2019 in Seoul, Wada Haruki delivered this urgent call to peace. It is in many respects a summation of his life's thinking, and APJ presents it as such.As Northeast Asia confronts the stark choice between constructive peace and its cataclysmic opposite, nuclear war, Wada forcefully demands peace, well aware that his plan -like others in his career-is a "sheer product of imagination." That said, his imagined ideas, springing from a l…
The North Korean Peace Process and the Abduction Problem: A Japanese Role
In a 3 May 2019 interview with Sankei Shimbun, Prime Minister Abe Shinzo said, "To resolve the abductions problem, nothing is more important than for Japan to adopt a positive approach. To break through the current mutual distrust between our two counties there is no other way than for me as Prime Minister to meet directly with Chairman Kim. So I am thinking to meet Chairman Kim without any preconditions for frank and open-ended talks
The US-North Korean Crisis and Japan's Responsibility
In November 2017, US President Donald Trump visited East Asia. In Japan, the country where he first stopped, he first played half round of golf with Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo as if he and Mr. Abe wished to show this visit was nothing but an expression of peaceful friendship. They talked about the North Korean issue for "a great deal of time". The content of their talks was not disclosed. In the final press conference after the Summit Pri…
Maritime Asia and the Future of a Northeast Asia Community
We are now facing a critical situation. Not just Japan, but the world as a whole is in crisis. With America at the center, globalization is racing ahead, but there are also strong countercurrents with nationalism becoming stronger in various places. In the midst of war and terror, the threat of global warming is becoming clear to all. In this world, I believe that we should advance toward regionalism. In 2003 I hoisted this flag in a book entitle…
The Comfort Women, the Asian Women's Fund and the Digital Museum
Six decades have passed since the end of the Pacific and East Asian War and the collapse of the Japanese colonial empire, but responsibility for colonialism, war, and their accompanying atrocities, continues to agitate Japan and East Asia. It is widely believed that Japan refuses to apologize or face the truth of history, much less compensate victims. Such a belief is, however mistaken, although it is true that it took five decades before any suc…
Kim Jong-il and the Normalization of Japan-North Korea Relations
When I heard the sudden news of the death of North Koreans leader Kim Jong-il,I felt as if I had been struck by lightning. Since his miracle recovery from the 2008 stroke, he had been busy travelling in and outside North Korea. Both he and others around him would have been concerned about his health, and also prepared for this moment. His death must have been such a huge regret for Kim himself, who was single-mindedly focusing on keeping his publ…
Resolving the China-Japan Conflict Over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands
On September 7 Japanese patrol boats intercepted a Chinese fishing trawler near Kubashima, one of the Senkaku [Chinese: Diaoyu] Islands in the East China Sea. After it repeatedly rammed the patrol boats in attempting to escape, the fishing boat was detained and its captain arrested and charged with interference in the execution of official duties. The incident would come to have enormous repercussions, shaking up Sino-Japanese relations
From the Firing at Yeonpyeong Island to a Comprehensive Solution to the Problems of Division and War in Korea
The firing by North Korea on Yeonpyeong Island dealt an unprecedented blow to the national mood. Following the June 15, 2000 declaration by Kim Dae Jung and Kim Jong Il, the feeling that no state of war existed between North and South gripped the people of South Korea. But now, islanders and military personnel died as a result of the bombardment from the North in broad daylight, and houses and facilities were destroyed. South Korean people felt s…
Japan-North Korea Relations-A Dangerous Stalemate
Global attention focuses on North Korea (the DPRK, or Democratic People's Republic of Korea) and the crisis that envelops its nuclear and missile programs. A little-noted aspect of the crisis has been the rise of Japan to centre stage in the Security Council proceedings and in the formation of global understanding of the problem
The North Korean Nuclear Problem, Japan, and the Peace of Northeast Asia
Since the Six Party Beijing Agreement on North Korea of 13 February 2007, optimism has spread on all fronts save one - Japan. For the Abe government, nuclear weapons constitute only part of the North Korea problem. Indeed, as Wada Haruki notes below, for the Japanese government it is not nuclear weapons but the abduction problem that constitutes "the most important problem our country faces
The Strange Record of 15 Years of Japan-North Korea Negotiations
No country is closer to Japan than Korea. From ancient times, the two neighbors have enjoyed intimate exchanges. Yet today Japan has relations with only one of the two Korean states, and even that relationship is contentious. While Japan normalized relations with the Republic of Korea (ROK or South Korea) in 1965, it has not yet formally recognized the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea). This asymmetry is a major obstacle…
Takeshima/Tokdo - A Plea to Resolve a Worsening JapanKorea Dispute
On 16 February 2005, the Shimane Prefectural Assembly passed an ordinance designed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Japan's assumption of control over Takeshima Island by establishing a "Takeshima Day." This exposed a fundamental problem in the relationship between Japan and South Korea and drew a severe response on the part of the South Korean people and government. On 17 February the South Korean government announced a shift in policy to…
Japan-North Korea Diplomatic Normalization and Northeast Asia Peace
On the eve of Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro's second visit to North Korea in eighteen months, Japan Focus presents Wada Haruki's analysis of the larger stakes in the Japan-North Korea negotiations. Setting off the emotional issues of the kidnapping of Japanese against the record of Japanese colonialism in Korea, Wada examines the prospects for negotiating an agreement that could become the basis for defusing the range of contentious issues tha…
Recovering a Lost Opportunity: Japan-North Korea Negotiations in the Wake of the Iraqi War
The September 17, 2002 agreement between Japan and North Korea opened the way to resolution of the longstanding conflict that is central to tensions on the Korean peninsula, in Japan-Korea relations, and throughout Northeast Asia. Those prospects were quickly overwhelmed by the combination of new conflicts over North Korea's nuclear program and the NK announcement concerning the abductions and deaths of Japanese citizens. Analyzing the manipulati…
The Era of Northeast Asia
Reading the 25 February inauguration speech of South Korean president Roh Moo-Hyun, I felt my spirits lift. Heading the list of his political principles, President Roh spoke of steps towards the launch of "a Northeast Asian era":"The Korean peninsula is located at the centre of Northeast Asia. The Korean peninsula is a bridge linking China and Japan, continent and ocean. In the past, this geopolitical location was a cause for suffering, but today…
Can North Korea's Perestroika Succeed
It was indeed a shocking confession and apology. Admitting that North Korea in the late 1970s and early 1980s had abducted 13 Japanese, of whom eight had died and five survived, Chairman of the DPRK National Defense Commission, Kim Jong Il, apologized for it. It was admitted that 10 of the 11 on the list of suspected abductions published by the Japanese government had indeed been abducted. Yokota Megumi had been abducted, and so had three dating …
Marx, Marxism and the Agrarian Question: II Marx and Revolutionary Russia
Journal Article Marx, Marxism and the Agrarian Question: II Marx and Revolutionary Russia Get access Haruki Wada Haruki Wada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar History Workshop Journal, Volume 12, Issue 1, AUTUMN 1981, Pages 129–150, https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/12.1.129 Published: 01 October 1981
Marx, Marxism and the Agrarian Question: II Marx and Revolutionary Russia
Journal Article Marx, Marxism and the Agrarian Question: II Marx and Revolutionary Russia Get access Haruki Wada Haruki Wada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar History Workshop Journal, Volume 12, Issue 1, AUTUMN 1981, Pages 129–150, https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/12.1.129 Published: 01 October 1981
Marx, Marxism and the Agrarian Question: II Marx and Revolutionary Russia
Journal Article Marx, Marxism and the Agrarian Question: II Marx and Revolutionary Russia Get access Haruki Wada Haruki Wada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar History Workshop Journal, Volume 12, Issue 1, AUTUMN 1981, Pages 129–150, https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/12.1.129 Published: 01 October 1981
Recovering a Lost Opportunity: Japan-North Korea Negotiations in the Wake of the Iraqi War
The September 17, 2002 agreement between Japan and North Korea opened the way to resolution of the longstanding conflict that is central to tensions on the Korean peninsula, in Japan-Korea relations, and throughout Northeast Asia. Those prospects were quickly overwhelmed by the combination of new conflicts over North Korea's nuclear program and the NK announcement concerning the abductions and deaths of Japanese citizens. Analyzing the manipulati…
The Era of Northeast Asia
Reading the 25 February inauguration speech of South Korean president Roh Moo-Hyun, I felt my spirits lift. Heading the list of his political principles, President Roh spoke of steps towards the launch of "a Northeast Asian era":"The Korean peninsula is located at the centre of Northeast Asia. The Korean peninsula is a bridge linking China and Japan, continent and ocean. In the past, this geopolitical location was a cause for suffering, but today…
Can North Korea's Perestroika Succeed
It was indeed a shocking confession and apology. Admitting that North Korea in the late 1970s and early 1980s had abducted 13 Japanese, of whom eight had died and five survived, Chairman of the DPRK National Defense Commission, Kim Jong Il, apologized for it. It was admitted that 10 of the 11 on the list of suspected abductions published by the Japanese government had indeed been abducted. Yokota Megumi had been abducted, and so had three dating …
Japan-North Korea Diplomatic Normalization and Northeast Asia Peace
On the eve of Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro's second visit to North Korea in eighteen months, Japan Focus presents Wada Haruki's analysis of the larger stakes in the Japan-North Korea negotiations. Setting off the emotional issues of the kidnapping of Japanese against the record of Japanese colonialism in Korea, Wada examines the prospects for negotiating an agreement that could become the basis for defusing the range of contentious issues tha…
The Strange Record of 15 Years of Japan-North Korea Negotiations
No country is closer to Japan than Korea. From ancient times, the two neighbors have enjoyed intimate exchanges. Yet today Japan has relations with only one of the two Korean states, and even that relationship is contentious. While Japan normalized relations with the Republic of Korea (ROK or South Korea) in 1965, it has not yet formally recognized the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea). This asymmetry is a major obstacle…
Takeshima/Tokdo - A Plea to Resolve a Worsening JapanKorea Dispute
On 16 February 2005, the Shimane Prefectural Assembly passed an ordinance designed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Japan's assumption of control over Takeshima Island by establishing a "Takeshima Day." This exposed a fundamental problem in the relationship between Japan and South Korea and drew a severe response on the part of the South Korean people and government. On 17 February the South Korean government announced a shift in policy to…
The North Korean Nuclear Problem, Japan, and the Peace of Northeast Asia
Since the Six Party Beijing Agreement on North Korea of 13 February 2007, optimism has spread on all fronts save one - Japan. For the Abe government, nuclear weapons constitute only part of the North Korea problem. Indeed, as Wada Haruki notes below, for the Japanese government it is not nuclear weapons but the abduction problem that constitutes "the most important problem our country faces
From the Firing at Yeonpyeong Island to a Comprehensive Solution to the Problems of Division and War in Korea
The firing by North Korea on Yeonpyeong Island dealt an unprecedented blow to the national mood. Following the June 15, 2000 declaration by Kim Dae Jung and Kim Jong Il, the feeling that no state of war existed between North and South gripped the people of South Korea. But now, islanders and military personnel died as a result of the bombardment from the North in broad daylight, and houses and facilities were destroyed. South Korean people felt s…
Japan-North Korea Relations-A Dangerous Stalemate
Global attention focuses on North Korea (the DPRK, or Democratic People's Republic of Korea) and the crisis that envelops its nuclear and missile programs. A little-noted aspect of the crisis has been the rise of Japan to centre stage in the Security Council proceedings and in the formation of global understanding of the problem
Resolving the China-Japan Conflict Over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands
On September 7 Japanese patrol boats intercepted a Chinese fishing trawler near Kubashima, one of the Senkaku [Chinese: Diaoyu] Islands in the East China Sea. After it repeatedly rammed the patrol boats in attempting to escape, the fishing boat was detained and its captain arrested and charged with interference in the execution of official duties. The incident would come to have enormous repercussions, shaking up Sino-Japanese relations
Kim Jong-il and the Normalization of Japan-North Korea Relations
When I heard the sudden news of the death of North Koreans leader Kim Jong-il,I felt as if I had been struck by lightning. Since his miracle recovery from the 2008 stroke, he had been busy travelling in and outside North Korea. Both he and others around him would have been concerned about his health, and also prepared for this moment. His death must have been such a huge regret for Kim himself, who was single-mindedly focusing on keeping his publ…
Maritime Asia and the Future of a Northeast Asia Community
We are now facing a critical situation. Not just Japan, but the world as a whole is in crisis. With America at the center, globalization is racing ahead, but there are also strong countercurrents with nationalism becoming stronger in various places. In the midst of war and terror, the threat of global warming is becoming clear to all. In this world, I believe that we should advance toward regionalism. In 2003 I hoisted this flag in a book entitle…
The Comfort Women, the Asian Women's Fund and the Digital Museum
Six decades have passed since the end of the Pacific and East Asian War and the collapse of the Japanese colonial empire, but responsibility for colonialism, war, and their accompanying atrocities, continues to agitate Japan and East Asia. It is widely believed that Japan refuses to apologize or face the truth of history, much less compensate victims. Such a belief is, however mistaken, although it is true that it took five decades before any suc…
The US-North Korean Crisis and Japan's Responsibility
In November 2017, US President Donald Trump visited East Asia. In Japan, the country where he first stopped, he first played half round of golf with Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo as if he and Mr. Abe wished to show this visit was nothing but an expression of peaceful friendship. They talked about the North Korean issue for "a great deal of time". The content of their talks was not disclosed. In the final press conference after the Summit Pri…
Overcoming the San Francisco System: One Japanese Person's View
On November 8, 2019 in Seoul, Wada Haruki delivered this urgent call to peace. It is in many respects a summation of his life's thinking, and APJ presents it as such.As Northeast Asia confronts the stark choice between constructive peace and its cataclysmic opposite, nuclear war, Wada forcefully demands peace, well aware that his plan -like others in his career-is a "sheer product of imagination." That said, his imagined ideas, springing from a l…
The North Korean Peace Process and the Abduction Problem: A Japanese Role
In a 3 May 2019 interview with Sankei Shimbun, Prime Minister Abe Shinzo said, "To resolve the abductions problem, nothing is more important than for Japan to adopt a positive approach. To break through the current mutual distrust between our two counties there is no other way than for me as Prime Minister to meet directly with Chairman Kim. So I am thinking to meet Chairman Kim without any preconditions for frank and open-ended talks
Japan, Korea, and Northeast Asia - the Abe Shinzo Legacy
At the heart of Northeast Asia lie multiple contradictions and unresolved issues left over from Japan's militarist and colonialist past. Author Wada has written prolifically on both Japan-North Korea and Japan-South Korea matters and for the past 20 years has been a tireless advocate of what he calls the "Common Homeland" or "Common House" concept of a post-war and post-Cold War Northeast Asian regional community. Here he analyses the policy fram…
Normalization of Relations Between Japan and North Korea: Why Is It Necessary and How Could It Be Accomplished
Author Wada notes that following the collapse of the Japanese empire in 1945, relations between Japan and all parts of the old empire but one have been normalized, mostly long ago. Only with its neighbour, North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea or DPRK) has there been no normalization. In this essay, which is drawn from his extensive writing in Japanese on the subject and follows two earlier related essays in APJJF (2005 and 2022), Wa…
Political science (14 works) · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies (13 works) · Geography (11 works) · History (11 works) · Law (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · China (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · East Asia (4 works) · Social science (3 works)