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Material Interests and Social Norms : Regional Economic Integration in Southeast Asia
Yoshimatsu, Hidetaka 이화여자대학교 국제통상협력연구소 2005 Asian International Studies Review Vol.6 No.2
Ever since the early 1990s, the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN) have deepened regional economic integration, advancing the main programs from the creation of an ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) to the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). This article identifies underpinning factors that have qualified ASEAN's such efforts for regional economic integration. In particular, it highlights the evolving perception of material interests due to external environments and socially shared norms as factors influencing ASEAN's efforts to promote economic integration. I argue that external threats deriving from moves towards stronger regionalism in other parts of the world or the rapid economic growth of the neighboring countries induced ASEAN members to strengthen their own regional economic cohesion. In addition, ASEAN's particular set of norms, such as consensus-building, flexible incrementalism, and informality, were effective in drawing willingness from members with divers differences to participate in cooperative programs. However, in the process of shifting from AFTA to the AEC, ASEAN members reconsidered some of these norms by adopting more formal implementation methods, including stronger dispute settlement mechanisms.
AGREEMENT, GUIDANCE AND PREFERENCES : THE U.S.-JAPAN SEMICONDUCTOR DISPUTE REVISITED
Yoshimatsu, Hidetaka The Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam Un 1998 人文學硏究 Vol.23 No.-
The U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Arrangement is one of the most important trade accords concluded between the two countries and is regarded as both a positive and negative model of trade negotiations. Given that one facet of the positive view is that the arrangement attained the target for market share and successfully expanded access in Japan, we need to carefully examine why the agreement could achieve the target. This study argues that although the Semiconductor Arrangement provided serious incentives to encourage the Japanese government and electronics firms to promote market access for foreign semiconductors, this was not the absolute condition. The market expansion was ahchieved as a mixed result of the arrangement with evolved corporate preferences and the Japanese government's guidance.
Yoshimatsu, Hidetaka the Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam Un 1997 ASIAN PERSPECTIVE Vol.21 No.2
The Japanese business community organises zaikai and gyokai. Not only do the two institutions concern different policy issues but also have different counterparts of interactions in the bureaucracy and politicians. The analysis based on the distinction between zaikai and gyokai enables us to understand more accurately why particular business associations pursue specific policies and what political channels they use in order to attain their policy objectives. The study tests this argument through two case studies: activities of Keidanren concerning deregulation and those of textile associations regarding the introduction of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA).
Hidetaka Yoshimatsu 서울대학교행정대학원 2010 Asian Journal of Political Science Vol.18 No.3
After the early 1990s, the wave of regionalism covered broader areas in the world, andNortheast Asia, which had weak regional cohesion largely due to history-orientedanimosity, gradually developed initiatives for regional cooperation since the late 1990s. This article seeks to address why and how China, Japan, and South Korea have pursuedregional cooperation by relying on the concept of ‘regional governance’. It advances twoarguments. First, the governments of China, Japan, and South Korea have identified theavoidance of risk from uncertainty as a major objective of promoting trilateralcooperation in specific functional areas. Second, they have gradually intensified theharmonisation of regulatory frameworks in the cooperative process in collaboration withnon-state actors. The article examines the arguments by tracing the evolution oftrilateral cooperation in environmental protection and information technology (IT)development.
Hidetaka Yoshimatsu 연세대학교 동서문제연구원 2000 Global economic review Vol.29 No.2
This article explores the role of the state in industrial transformation in the era of economic globalization. It argues that economic globalization and market liberalization have not necessarily led to the retreat of state capacity in industrial development. Given the rising importance of multinational corporations (MNCs) as promoters of international transactions and domestic industrialization, even developing countries are required to show capacity to promote industrial development in cooperation with foreign MNCs. The argument is examined with the case studies of the automobile industry in Thailand and the telecommunications industry in Malaysia.
Identity, policy ideas, and Asian diplomacy: Japan’s response to the rise of China
Hidetaka Yoshimatsu 한국외국어대학교 국제지역연구센터 2012 International Area Studies Review Vol.15 No.4
This article examines Japan’s diplomatic efforts to retain regional influences in evolving regional environments represented by the Chinese ascendancy. It regards identity as a key variable that constitutes the base for Japan’s policy ideas, and examines the formation, application and limitations of specific policy ideas that derived from Japan’s identity in the political and economic domains. The main argument of this article is three-fold. First, the Japanese government formulated specific policy ideas – value-oriented diplomacy and Japan-tailored standards – on the basis of identities as a democratic nation and a mature market economy. Second, the Japanese government incorporated such policy ideas into diplomatic strategies and sought to realize them mainly through the creation of cooperative institutions. Third, domestic political instability and the limited validity of policy ideas constitute serious constraints on arresting further decline in Japan’s influence in Asia.