Japan's Entrance into the Family of Western Nations

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  • 「清仏葛藤一件」と日本の選択-いわゆる「脱亜入欧」の政治過程-
  • セイフツ カットウ イッケン ト ニホン ノ センタク イワユル ダツア ニュ
  • Diplomatic Thought and Ideas in Modern Japan
  • 日本外交の思想

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About November 1882, England and France changed their relations from that of collaboration to that of rivalry, at least concerning their colonial policies. Not long after that the Japanese government gained information on this change. From 1883 to 1884, the French government worked upon Japanese authorities through various channels in quest of a ‘union’ with Japan, in need of a China policy, against which the Japanese government officially clarified, in July 1883, the intention of rejecting the proposal of the French government. On the other hand, about December 1883 England, working on the United States, Germany and Russia, devised a military cooperation plan for neutrality in Chinese ports and at the same time attracted Japan to that united operation. In response, in January 1884, the Japanese government had given previous consent to take part in the operation proposed by England. Thus, when a de facto war between China and France broke out, two Japanese warships had already taken part in military cooperation with Western Powers for neutrality on the Chinese coast.<br>Throughout the Japanese-French and Japanese-English negotiations, Japan was treated as an equal partner for ‘union’ by both England and France. That is, Japan was given status as an equal partner by England and France through those political processes, and we can conclude that Japan was, through these events, incorporated into the western state-system in the sense of power politics.

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  • International Relations

    International Relations 1982 (71), 21-37,L7, 1982-08-30

    JAPAN ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

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