The subject of this diploma thesis is the foreign policy of Japan in the period since the Second World War to the present and its cultural and historical determinants. The aim of the thesis is to identify fundamental cultural and historical factors reflected in Japan's foreign policy and in its behaviour in international relations. The thesis comprises analysis of history, culture and foreign policy of Japan and the connections between them. The thesis is divided into five chapters. The first chapter is focused on the history of Japan. The second chapter concerns Japanese culture and its specifics. The third chapter characterizes Japanese culture using cultural dimensions models by Geert Hofstede and Fons Trompenaars. The fourth chapter focuses on the analysis of Japanese foreign policy. The final chapter attempts to identify the major cultural and historical determinants of Japanese foreign policy.

Orientador: Shiguenoli Miyamoto / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-19T20:55:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Watanabe_PauloDaniel_M.pdf: 999144 bytes, checksum: 8815958cb5f872591dac667a06deaeda (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: Após render-se em 15 de agosto de 1945, dando fim à Segunda Guerra Mundial, o Japão se encontrava destruído economicamente e fisicamente, ficando sujeito a sete anos de ocupação dos Aliados (liderada pelo General norte-americano MacArthur). Ao início da Guerra Fria, foram assinados em 1951 o Acordo de Paz de São Francisco e o Acordo de Segurança Japão-EUA. Dessa maneira, as Forças de Ocupação lideradas pelos norte-americanos deixaram o Japão, que teve sua soberania restaurada em 28 de abril de 1952, quando o Acordo de São Francisco passou a vigorar. Em seqüência, o país serviu de bases norte-americanas para garantir o domínio e a presença dos EUA na região Ásia-Pacífico, em troca da segurança de seu território. O presente trabalho procura analisar a forma como se construíram a política externa e a de segurança do Japão, assim como a sua projeção internacional. Verificar-se-á, como resultado, se houve ou não mudanças de comportamento nessas áreas / Abstract: After surrendering on August 15th 1945, putting an end to the World War II, Japan was completely destroyed economically and physically, being subjected to a seven-year-occupation by the Allies (led by the U.S. General MacArthur). At the beginning of the Cold War in 1951, the San Francisco Peace Agreement and the Security Treaty Japan-U.S. were signed. Thus, the Occupation Forces led by the U.S. left Japan, which had its sovereignty restored on April 28th 1952 when the Peace Treaty came into effect. After that, Japan served as an American military base in order to protect its influence in the Asia/Pacific Area in exchange for the security of its territory. This essay intends to analyze the way in which Japan's foreign policy and its defense policy were constructed, as well its international power projection. It is also expected to check, as a result, whether there was or not any changes in its behavior in these areas / Mestrado / Paz, Defesa e Segurança Internacional / Mestre em Relações Internacionais