Two fundamental problems of the present-day Japanese society

鈴木 春二, Haruji Suzuki

doi:10.15002/00007675

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現代日本社会における二つの基本問題
ゲンダイニホンシャカイニオケルフタツノキホンモンダイ

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This paper treats on two fundamental problems of the present-day and the post-war Japanese society. The first Problem is the distressing increase in the population of the poor and inequality in present-day Japanese society. The structural reformation from the 1990s accelerated the flexibility of the labor market and privatization policies. And the embracing of neo-liberalism resulted in a decline in the labor environment / employment conditions, as well as the advancing reduction of public welfare / social security. Therefore the problem of poverty and inequality become an inexorable part of the bedrock of Japanese society. The second Problem is the U.S. military presence in Okinawa causing tension between an inhabitant and disregarding antiwar philosophy of the Constitution of Japan. This Problem arise from peculiar process of the Japanese politics and economy during postwar and a cold war. During this period Japan is depending on a nuclear deterrent and military superiority of U.S. moreover U.S'.s markets. Japan always obeys U.S. strategy. But after cold war The Japan-U.S. Security Treaty converted to military alliance for global disputes and the balance of power in East Asia. The Japan-U.S. Alliance became relations of present-day Imperialism, that is, subordillate Imperialism and supremacy Imperialism. Therefore we have to reconsider Japan-U.S. Relations. Two bedrocks of the post-war Japanese society are The right to life and The duty to antiwar.

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経済志林

経済志林 79 (1), 291-331, 2011-03-30

法政大学経済学部学会