Position, Transportation, and Resources: Japan’s Potential and Strategic Choices Under Analytical Geopolitics
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://www.eurogeographyjournal.eu/index.php" target="_blank" >http://www.eurogeographyjournal.eu/index.php</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.48088/ejg.n.mor.16.2.256.267" target="_blank" >10.48088/ejg.n.mor.16.2.256.267</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Position, Transportation, and Resources: Japan’s Potential and Strategic Choices Under Analytical Geopolitics
Original language description
Japan is a very poor country in terms of natural and mineral resources. Consequently, it remains heavily dependent on maritime transportation. Japan’s proximity to a competing China, the ever-strengthening Sino-Russian partnership, and an aggressive North Korea constitute a hostile regional environment. This article offers an in-depth analysis of Japan’s capabilities (i.e., potential), predominantly demonstrating the weaknesses of the country. We argue that the flaws associated with Japan’s potential can be explained by both (i) geomisguided Japanese geopolitical agents, and (ii) the Japanese pacifist strategic culture. We deductively apply the model of analytical geopolitics. Our findings are that Japanese geopolitical agents are “geomisguided” as they have pursued policies of insufficient stockpiling and disregarded Japan’s dependence on the sea lanes of communication. Furthermore, Japanese public opinion does not sufficiently grasp the current threats Japan faces, and this fact limits the capacities of Japanese geopolitical agents. The paper addresses a gap in the literature by applying an innovative methodological analytical approach.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50701 - Cultural and economic geography
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
European Journal of Geography
ISSN
1792-1341
e-ISSN
2410-7433
Volume of the periodical
16
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
BE - BELGIUM
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
256-267
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105010537622