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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