Role as a bottle cap
Restrain factor of Japan’s nuclear armament
Nuclear umbrella & positive security assurance
- Same position related to the regional security issue
Role as a stimulus
- Active participation in the war on terror after 9/11
Demand for amendment to the article 9 (Armitage Report, 2000)
->> Raises a question about the bottle cap role
->> Lead to an arms races
- Again china ranks first as country in export(double the US)
- Japan mostly imports natural resources fossil fuels, lumber
- Japan imports goods like electronics, machinery and optical instruments
=> Japan’s comparative advantage
b. Quotas
Japan imposes a quota rate on 17 products to Korea, mainly Agricultural
Products and fish
Ex) Quota of 2.4million sheets of Korean Seawe
Formation of APEC – Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation(1989)
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ASEAN’s integration to APEC was opposed by former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad who proposed the EAEG – East Asia Economic Group(1990) (later named EAEC – East Asia Economic Caucus) which excluded the US