Discussion
I. Case Study
1.1 Definition of Soft Power and How Japan Implement its Soft Power.
Power is a capability to do something in order to achieved what people want. In international relations, power could be defined as the a potentiality of a country to achieve the national interest within international dimension (Keohane & Nye, 1998, p. 86). Moreover, there two types of power, these are hard power and soft power. Hard power is the ability of a nation to get something that the country needs in an aggressive way, hard power usually conducted through coercion and ferocious, for instance, military aggression or economical purpose (Pallaver, 2011, p. 3). Furthermore, in the early 90s an American scholar announced a new concept of power, and …show more content…
84). Being democratic country japan has promoted its political values in a proper way. The attitudes of political participation among Japanese youth society has symbolized the that the norms of democracy growing together with the young society (Richardson, 1975, p. 210). The last source is foreign policies, foreign policy can be considered as succeed when other countries or people recognize the country as a legal and having a social jurisdiction (Nye, 2011, p. 84). Japan has strongly and indirectly promotes its country through foreign policies, Article 9 of the constitution, which is not allowed Japan to go on a war and also not allowed Japan to help allies that under attack. Article 9 of the constitution becomes one of the strongest sources of soft power that has been successfully managed to promote Japan as a pacifist nation (McCormack, 2013, p. …show more content…
In this case, Japan has a significant role as a United Nation Peacekeeping Operation member. By the foreign aid, Japan has sent numbers of its assistance to Indonesia and Philippines with aims to support the two developing countries and having a good relationship to the two of the South East Asian nations. Furthermore by keep sending its foreign aid Japan can maintain and enjoying their stable relationship with Indonesia and the Philippines, despite of the brutality and the cruelty of the historical background that Philippines and Indonesia has been through. Moreover, between Japan and Indonesia as well as between Japan and the Philippines has agreed and looked forward to strengthen its relationship in the
I. Case Study
1.1 Definition of Soft Power and How Japan Implement its Soft Power.
Power is a capability to do something in order to achieved what people want. In international relations, power could be defined as the a potentiality of a country to achieve the national interest within international dimension (Keohane & Nye, 1998, p. 86). Moreover, there two types of power, these are hard power and soft power. Hard power is the ability of a nation to get something that the country needs in an aggressive way, hard power usually conducted through coercion and ferocious, for instance, military aggression or economical purpose (Pallaver, 2011, p. 3). Furthermore, in the early 90s an American scholar announced a new concept of power, and …show more content…
84). Being democratic country japan has promoted its political values in a proper way. The attitudes of political participation among Japanese youth society has symbolized the that the norms of democracy growing together with the young society (Richardson, 1975, p. 210). The last source is foreign policies, foreign policy can be considered as succeed when other countries or people recognize the country as a legal and having a social jurisdiction (Nye, 2011, p. 84). Japan has strongly and indirectly promotes its country through foreign policies, Article 9 of the constitution, which is not allowed Japan to go on a war and also not allowed Japan to help allies that under attack. Article 9 of the constitution becomes one of the strongest sources of soft power that has been successfully managed to promote Japan as a pacifist nation (McCormack, 2013, p. …show more content…
In this case, Japan has a significant role as a United Nation Peacekeeping Operation member. By the foreign aid, Japan has sent numbers of its assistance to Indonesia and Philippines with aims to support the two developing countries and having a good relationship to the two of the South East Asian nations. Furthermore by keep sending its foreign aid Japan can maintain and enjoying their stable relationship with Indonesia and the Philippines, despite of the brutality and the cruelty of the historical background that Philippines and Indonesia has been through. Moreover, between Japan and Indonesia as well as between Japan and the Philippines has agreed and looked forward to strengthen its relationship in the