Rationality and Relationality

A Socio-Cultural Perspective on Japan’s Strategy for Infrastructure Investment

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ID12349665
AutoresHidetaka Yoshimatsu (0000-0001-9364-9551, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University and University of Adelaide, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume47
Fascículo4
Páginas643-662
Data de publicação2023-01-26
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAsian Studies Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1035-7823 • E-ISSN: 1467-8403
EditoraRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10357823.2023.2165625
OpenAlexW4318173866
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas31

Since the 2010s, infrastructure investment has emerged as a critical field for Japan’s foreign policy and international relations. This article examines major characteristics of the development of Japan’s external engagement in infrastructure investment from a socio-cultural perspective. It argues that key political figures played a pivotal role in paving the way for Japan’s policy shift in infrastructure investment based on social relationality to engage in interactions to build trustworthy relationships. The article also contends that the Japanese government adopted confrontational and accommodating policy options towards China, which reflected inclusivity and complementation in the zhongyong dialectics. Moreover, Japan’s policy developments indicate that the logic of relationality, which is sustained by socio-cultural practices in East Asian societies, could explain crucial characteristics of diplomatic policies and relations among East Asian countries

China · Dialectic · East Asia · Economic system · Economics · Epistemology · Foreign policy · Government (linguistics · Investment (military · Perspective (graphical · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Rationality · Sociology · International Development and Aid · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia