Based on Japan’s Indo-Pacific strategy, explore the development path of China-Japan relations

¹ College of Maxism, Lanzhou University, 730106 Lanzhou, Gansu, China
² Faculty of Business Administration, Inner Mongolia University of Finance and Economics, 010000 Hohhot, Nei Mongol, China
³ Faculty of international relation, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, 511400 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

^* Corresponding author: pansy19@lzu.edu.cn

Abstract

Japan was the first country to propose the concept of “Indo-Pacific strategy” and was also a staunch supporter and active promoter of it. The formation of Japan’s Indo-Pacific strategy has gone through four stages of evolution: initial appearance, initial formation, extension, and all-round development, and has continuously promoted the development of the Indo-Pacific strategy in a more institutionalized and mature direction from many fields, It has formed a strategic layout in many fields such as comprehensive value sharing, economic and trade competition, maritime security, and multilateral mechanisms. Under the influence of the increasingly fierce competition between China and the US and the policy of putting the United States first, Japan has changed from a proposer of the Indo-Pacific strategy to a promoter, and the Japanese government actively seeks Japan and the United States to jointly dominate the Indo-Pacific economic security order. The accession of the United States has made international relations in the Indo-Pacific region more complex and changeable, and it will have a significant impact on China’s national interests and strategic orientation in the Indo-Pacific area. Sorting out the Japanese Indo-Pacific strategy will help explain the mechanism, rationale, and implementation effect of Japan’s policy choices under the China-US competition, and can also provide a reference for China’s decision-making.