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Insular Minorities: International Law’S Challenge To Japan’S Ethnic Homogeneity, Timothy Webster
Insular Minorities: International Law’S Challenge To Japan’S Ethnic Homogeneity, Timothy Webster
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The Japanese state has long promoted a view of itself, and the country, as ethnically homogeneous. Borrowing on critical race theory as developed in the United States, this paper first traces the numerous laws and policies that Japan has implemented to privilege ethnically Japanese people, and prejudice ethnic others. Next, the paper examines the role of international human rights law in challenging various edifices of the ethno-state, including amendments to legislation, and individual lawsuits. I conclude that international law has played a meaningful role in diversifying the protective ambit of Japanese law, but cannot provide all of the solutions that …
East Asia Institutionalizes: China, Japan And The Vogue For Free Trade, Timothy Webster
East Asia Institutionalizes: China, Japan And The Vogue For Free Trade, Timothy Webster
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In the past decade, East Asia has taken steps to increase regional integration. This paper examines the vogue for Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) currently raging in China and Japan. After mapping the regional links that knit East Asia together during the 1990s and 2000s, the focus then shifts to the specific trade agreements that China and Japan have signed. Both countries exhibit a particular FTA “style;” Japan has adopted a more orthodox and comprehensive approach to its treaties, while China has shown greater flexibility and gradualism when dealing with FTA partners. It is still unclear whether these efforts will lead …
Bilateral Regionalism: Paradoxes Of East Asian Integration, Timothy Webster
Bilateral Regionalism: Paradoxes Of East Asian Integration, Timothy Webster
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Like many other countries, China and Japan have recently signed a spate of Free Trade Agreements with countries in the Asia Pacific. This paper analyzes both countries’ styles of integration. While China favors multidisciplinary engagement (politics, security, economics), Japan is mainly interested in deepening economic integration with the countries in which it has already established transnational production lines. After analyzing individual FTAs signed by China and Japan, the paper ends by predicting that China’s multifaceted approach will promote greater integration in the Asia Pacific, and a more robust profile for China in regional affairs.
Note, Sisyphus In A Coal Mine: Responses To Slave Labor In Japan And The United States, Timothy Webster
Note, Sisyphus In A Coal Mine: Responses To Slave Labor In Japan And The United States, Timothy Webster
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This Note argues that the recent wave of litigation brought by former Chinese slave laborers, while important in its own right, highlights the need for a more comprehensive solution. Although ideally the Japanese Diet will devise its own response to the problem of compensation, the experiences arising from the Holocaust litigation in the United States provide a meaningful yardstick for comparison. In the United States, a large-scale settlement scheme followed, and finalized, numerous lawsuits brought by former forced and slave laborers from World War II Europe. The American response, though based on different circumstances, led to a multibillion-dollar fund that …
Introduction: The Context For Innovation In Japan, Comparative Competitive Aspects, Peter M. Gerhart
Introduction: The Context For Innovation In Japan, Comparative Competitive Aspects, Peter M. Gerhart
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Introduction to Thomas J. Klitgarrd's "Context for the Innovation in Japan: Comparative Competitive Aspects and Some Practical Comments."