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Brief Analysis on the North East Asia Policy of Japan＇s Democratic Party BriefAnalysisontheNorthEast AsiaPolicyofJapanS DemocraticParty LuYaodong ThecoreideaofstrengtheningAsiaOrientedterritoryandmaritimerights. Diplomacyofthecoalitiongovernmentledby JapaneseDemocraticParty(DPJ)istofocuson(1)OntheissueoftheconsistencyoftheJapan? NorthEastAsiaandvigorouslybuilduptrustChinastrategicrelationsofmutualbenefit.D withAsiancountries.ChinaandSouthKoreainhasstatedthatitwi11continuetoadheretoth( particular.Soonafteritwontheelectionandfourpoliticaldocumentsagreedbythetw( cameintooffice.DPJhasputforwarddifferentcountriestoguidethedevelopmentoftheJapan? diplomaticobjectives,principlesandpoliciesfromChinastrategicrelationsofmutualbenefit.Itha, itspredecessorregardingJapanSrelationswithalsoreaffirmed,Oilbilateraloccasions,the China,SouthKorea,NorthKoreaandRussia.importanceofthisrelationship,stressingthe I.DeepeningtheJapan-ChinaStrategicnecessityoffurthercementingthebilateral cooperationbetweenthetwosides.Despiteot RelationsofMutualBenefit someuncertaintiesintheChina—Japanrelations, Overtheyears,YukioHatoyama,]chiroOzawabothsideshaveagreedtostrengthenthestrategic andothermajorfiguresofDPJhavemaintainedrelationsofmutualbenefitaccordingtotheChina continuousexchangeswithChinaandalwaysJaPanJointStatementissuedinMay2008and advocatedforimprovingrelationswithChina.havelaunchednew21stCenturyCommitteefor However,DPJtakingoverthepowerdoesntChina—JapanFriendshipin2009. necessarilymeanasmoothsalefortheChina— Japanrelationship.Becausetherearestillhard(2)Ontheissueofhistory,therulingDPJhas nutsinthebilateralrelationsthatneedtobeacteddifferentlyfrompreviousgovernments. cracked,includingfeelingsofthetwopeoplesHatoyamaclearlyindicatedbeforehewassworn towardeachother,questionsrelatedtoTaiwan,inthataftertakingoffice,hewouldnotpay TibetandXinjiang,aswellasdisputesoverhomagetotheYasukuniShrine,whereclass—A warcriminalsareworshiped.HealsotookaAsia. positiveattitudetowardstheestablishmentofnon— religi