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International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Advance Access originally published online on January 15, 2009
International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 2009 9(2):339-364; doi:10.1093/irap/lcn030
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© The author [2009]. Published by Oxford University Press in association with the Japan Association of International Relations; all rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Contemporary conservative thoughts in Japan: conservative views on morality, history, and social issues

Hiroshi Kaihara

Kami-shinozaki 3-15-3-#203, Edogawa 133-0054, Japan
Email: nrk07868{at}nifty.com

This article discusses the political thoughts of conservatives. What makes their thoughts distinctive is their understanding of the state of the nation: the Japanese people are degenerating. Especially they worry about the youth. Horrendous juvenile crimes, bad manners, school bullying, and declining academic capabilities force them to paint Japan's future gloomily. Conservatives believe that the taproot of these social problems is a lack of morality: they have lost the will to tell what is right or wrong. They believe that morality is possible only when people embrace tradition and history. However, the Japanese cannot have pride in their history and country because of public discourse propagated by America's occupation policies and leftist ideologies. They also believe that public schools must concern not only on students' knowledge but also on their moral characters, such as the will to live. To raise pupils and students with moral characters, family must get involved along with schools.

Received for publication July 3, 2008. Accepted for publication December 15, 2008.


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