Japan's Relations with Muslim Asia
This book offers a useful and extensive account of Japan’s past discoveries and present interactions with Muslim states and societies across Asia. Bearing in mind the U.S.-led global meta-narrative of Islam spoken in tandem with security and threats, this
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Japan’s Relations with Muslim Asia
B. Bryan Barber
Japan’s Relations with Muslim Asia
B. Bryan Barber Mohsin and Fauzia Jaffer Center for Muslim World Studies Miami, FL, USA
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Acknowledgments
When Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzō announced he would visit Tehran in June 2019 to mediate between the US and Iran, there appeared to be a collective realization around the world of why this made sense. Until then, few gave substantial consideration to Tokyo’s positioning between Washington and Tehran, which it has maintained for decades, or its vested interest to see the tension eased. Abe’s visit was not a success. Rather, his visit coincided with mine attacks on two petrochemical tankers in the Persian Gulf, one of which was Japanese-owned. Washington blamed Tehran. Tehran denied it. Tokyo refrained from supporting the Americans’ claim. Tensions only worsened. Regardless of the outcome of these events, Japan remains in this precarious position of maintaining an alliance with the US, specifically, and peerage with the West, in general, while also deeply engaged with various Muslim states in Asia on many levels. This book establishes the foundation to that collective realization moment in June 2019 leading up to Abe’s visit. Much is written on Islam and the West, Islam and China, and Islam and Russia. Much is also written on Japan and the West, Japan
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