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The 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty with Japan left various problems unresolved. Japan's territorial problems are no exception. The treaty did not specify to which country Japan renounced its former territories, nor did it define the precise limits of these territories. This article concerns the origin of the disputes between Japan and its neighbors about the "Northern Territories," Takeshima and Senkaku. Close examination of post-war territorial disposition of Japan suggests that these problems were seeded under strong influence of the regional cold war in the Asia-Pacific. Lying on the U.S. cold war defense line of the Western Pacific, the so-called "Acheson Line," these territorial problems were "wedges" to defend Japan from communist expansion. The time shift to the "post-cold war" era does not negate the significance of the cold war origins of these problems. It seems reasonable to remember their common origin and consider the possibility of achieving their solutions in a multilateral context.
Pacific Affairs is a peer-reviewed, independent, and interdisciplinary scholarly journal focussing on important current political, economic and social issues throughout Asia and the Pacific. Each issue contains approximately five new articles and 40-45 book reviews. Published continuously since 1928 under the same name, Pacific Affairs has been located on the beautiful campus of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, since 1961. The journal is committed to providing to the scholarly community and the world at large high quality research on Asia and the Pacific that takes readers beyond the headlines and across multiple disciplines.
Pacific Affairs is a peer-reviewed, independent, and interdisciplinary scholarly journal focussing on important current political, economic, and social issues throughout Asia and the Pacific. Each issue contains approximately five new articles and 40-45 book reviews. Published continuously since 1928 under the same name, Pacific Affairs has been located on the beautiful campus of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, since 1961. The journal is committed to providing to the scholarly community and the world at large high quality research on Asia and the Pacific that takes readers beyond the headlines and across multiple disciplines.
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