Course Reader Japan and the American-led Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

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Course Reader

Japan and the American-led Wars in

Afghanistan and Iraq

Marie Thorsten

Asia-Pacific Journal:

Japan Focus

Course Reader no. 14

2016

Japan’s American-led Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

VOLUME EDITOR

MARIE THORSTEN

Doshisha University

SERIES EDITOR

LAURA HEIN

Northwestern University

EDITORIAL BOARD

Mark Caprio

Lonny Carlile

Parks Coble

Sabine Frühstück

Tom Grunfeld

Laura Hein

James Huffman

Jeffrey Kingston

Susan Long

Laura Miller

Mark Ravinia

Mark Selden

Stephen Vlastos

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Japan’s Participation in the American-led Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

Summary 5

Introduction 7

Foreign Policy Failure

Laura Hein and John Dower 14

 "The Failure of Imagination: From Pearl Harbor to 9-11, Afghanistan and Iraq," The Asia-Pacific Journal, 36.1.10, September 6, 2010.

Shifting Orbits: UN Campaign to U.S. “Coalition of the Willing”

Gavan McCormack 36

Gavan McCormack, “Koizumi's Japan in Bush's World: After 9/11,” The Asia-Pacific

Journal, 2.12.0, October, 12, 2004.

Peter Katzenstein 60

Peter J. Katzenstein, “Japan in the American Imperium: Rethinking Security,” The

Asia-Pacific Journal, 6.10.0, October 14, 2008.

MOFA 79

MOFA, “Japan’s Assistance in Afghanistan: Towards Self-Reliance,” January 2012,

online at

http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/middle_e/afghanistan/pdfs/japan_assistance.pdf

Japan’s Participation in the American Led-Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq 3

State, Society and Humanitarian War

Shirakawa Toru 81

Shirakawa Toru, "Invasion in the Name of Humanitarian Aid: The U.S. in

Afghanistan" (trans. Zjelko Cipris) The Asia-Pacific Journal, 20.2.9, May 17, 2009.

Norma Field and Imai Noriaki 88

Norma Field, “Introduction” and Imai Noriaki, “Why I Went to Iraq. Reflections of a

Japanese Hostage,” (trans. Scott Mehl, Ayumu Tahara, Ariya, and Norma Field), The Asia-Pacific Journal, 5.12.0, Dec. 29, 2007.

Marie Thorsten 124

Marie Thorsten, “The Homecoming of Japanese Hostages in Iraq: or Japan in

America's Embrace?" The Asia-Pacific Journal, 22.4.9, June 1, 2009.

Kinue Tokudome 150

Kinue Tokudome, “Waterboarding: The Meaning for Japan,” The Asia-Pacific Journal,4.3.9, January 24, 2009.

Afghan Peace Volunteers and Douglas Lummis 159

Afghan Peace Volunteers with an introduction by C. Douglas Lummis, "An Afghan

Okinawa," The Asia-Pacific Journal, 10.22.3, May 28, 2012.

Richard Tanter 164

Richard Tanter, “The Maritime Self-Defence Force Mission in the Indian Ocean:

Afghanistan, NATO and Japan’s Political Impasse,” The Asia-Pacific Journal, 6.9.0,

September 2, 2008.

Japan’s Participation in the American-Led Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq 4

Responsibility and Remembrance

Michael Penn and Asahi Shimbun 179

Michael Penn and Asahi Shimbun, “Japan On the Fifth Anniversary of the Iraq War”

Sato Taketsugu 180

Sato Taketsugu, “SDF Mission to Iraq Still Not Properly Evaluated,” The Asahi

Shimbun, March 21, 2008 (original article)

Asahi Shimbun 182

Asahi Shimbun, “Iraq War Five Years On,” March 19, 2008 (original article)

Michael Penn 185

Michael Penn, “The Legacy of Japan’s GSDF in Samawa,” Shingetsu Newsletter No.

957. March 30, 2008 (original article)

David McNeill 189

David McNeill, "Secrets and Lies: Ampo, Japan’s Role in the Iraq War and the

Constitution," The Asia-Pacific Journal, 7.5.10, February 15, 2010

Richard Falk 196

Richard Falk, "The 10th Anniversary of the Iraq War," The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol.

11.11.3, March 18, 2013.

Recommended Further Reading 201

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