Japan’s Identity Crisis and Sino-Japanese Relations

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ID20041131
AutoresRia Shibata (0000-0002-2100-6490, autor correspondente)
Ano2016
Páginas81-103
Data de publicação2016-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoCHAPTER
PeriódicoDisasters and Social Crisis in Contemporary Japan (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraPalgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9781137521323_5
OpenAlexW2468433773
ISBN9781137521323
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas31

Japan's social crises of the 1990s leading up to the unprecedented 3.11 earthquake disaster undermined the confidence and sense of security and selfhood of many Japanese. This chapter will examine the resurgence of nationalist discourse in Japan as an effort to reinterpret and reshape memory to restore the nation's damaged collective esteem. The rise of nationalist discourse in Japan can be viewed through the lens of Japan's identity crisis, as its state and people struggle to regain pride in the face of insecurity and anxieties generated by economic stagnation, natural disasters, and increasing competition with China. The recent agenda of the Japanese ruling elite to revamp Japan's national identity as a proud, beautiful, and strong nation fuels tension with China. Drawing on social identity theory, I will explore the underlying dynamics of the Sino-Japanese "history problem" focusing specifically on Japanese defense of its collective esteem and positive national identity.KeywordsNational IdentityLiberal Democratic PartyJapanese PeopleSocial Identity TheoryPolitical ResponseThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves

Aesthetics · China · Development economics · Economics · Elite · Identity crisis · National identity · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Pride · Social science · Sociology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Gender Studies · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia