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Japan's Economic Diplomacy towards China: The Lure of Business and the Burden of History
November 5, 2007. 
Economic diplomacy is intrinsically a product of internal pressures. It is positioned at the intersection of politics and economics, of the international and the domestic, and of government and other actors. Collective memory profoundly shapes Japanese identity, thereby interfering directly and indirectly with Japan's economic diplomacy. What are, then, the truths and myths behind the popular catchphrase 'cold politics, hot economics', which for many years was used to characterize Japanese-Chinese relations? Maaike Okano-Heijmans discusses these topics in a new Clingendael Diplomacy Paper. Read more »