The natural geographical relationship determines the significant, undiminished strategic importance of the Korean Peninsula for Japan. However, the deep historical grievances and realistic conflicts of interest resulted in a long-term complex, sensitive and fragile Japan-North Korea relation, which made "the policy toward North Korea" became the highly important theme of the Japanese "Asian diplomacy" in the Post-War Era. This study will discuss the Japan-DPRK relations under the background of Northeast Asia framework. It will also review and analyze the DPJ government's North Koreapolicy and clarify the characteristics of these policies in detail.
韩半岛与日本一衣带水,隔海相望,天然的地缘关系决定了韩半岛对日本有着亘古亘今不变的战略意义。但是,深刻的历史恩怨和现实利益的冲突,使北日关系长期处于复杂、敏感和脆弱的状态之下。因此“对北政策”成为了战后日本每一届政府“亚洲外交”的重要组成部分。本研究将把北日关系置于东北亚政治框架中进行探讨,并对日本民主党政权的北韩政策进行梳理及分析,阐明其政策基调及风格,进而展望未来北日关系的发展趋势。