The Problem of China and Yasukuni Shrine as Social Common Capital

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  • 社会的共通資本としての靖国神社問題と中国
  • シャカイテキ キョウツウ シホン ト シテ ノ ヤスクニ ジンジャ モンダイ ト チュウゴク

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In this article I treat the intractable Yasukuni (Shinto) Shrine problem as social common capital, which was defined by Thorstein Bunde Veblen, a Norwegian-American economist and sociologist whose work laid the foundations for the school of institutional economics. The Yasukuni problem is not only a domestic issue within Japan only, but must also be recognized as a serious matter for the Chinese people and their government. Many Japanese may have believed that this is a problem to be dealt with by Japan alone. If the Japanese government so believes, however, the Yasukuni issue becomes a serious barrier for Japan in developing an amicable relationship with China, since China has also regarded it as her own matter. Therefore, I suggest that the Yasukuni Shrine problem be dealt with not as a religious domestic problem within Japan, but as a social common capital issue between both Japan and China, with the general idea of social common capital being considered similar to that of common property. Of course, China has experience increased systemic contradictions or conflicts as she is developing day by day at breakneck speed. As such, in this volatile situation the China-Yasukuni Shrine problem must be solved by Japan as quickly as is feasible.

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