Why is Japan pursuing a national security strategy that remains dependent on the American containment policy toward China? What is Japan doing on its own initiative in areas of foreign economic policies? Provide two examples. Finally, can Japan learn from what Ayukawa was trying to do in the early 1950s in addressing international economic interdependence?

Why is Japan pursuing a national security strategy that remains dependent on the American containment policy toward China? What is Japan doing on its own initiative in areas of foreign economic policies? Provide two examples. Finally, can Japan learn from what Ayukawa was trying to do in the early 1950s in addressing international economic interdependence?