21世纪国内学界关于日本与非洲相关问题研究述评

A Review of Domestic Research on Issues Relatedto Japan and Africa in the 21st Century

自冷战时期开始,随着非洲殖民地的相继独立,日本便开始关注非洲大陆上出现的年轻国家。对于日本来说,非洲具有独一无二的战略意义,这里不仅蕴含大量天然资源,还拥有人口庞大的市场,而且拉拢非洲国家更有助于日本推行其联合国外交。与中日、美日、日欧相关问题研究相比,尽管国内学界对日非相关问题的研究起步较晚,但随着中非合作愈发密切以及非洲大陆再次成为大国博弈的舞台,研究日非关系、日本对非战略及政策以及日本在非洲的动态,不仅可以充实对日本未来走向的了解,而且还可以通过研究日本援助非洲的案例,为中国在国际事务中发挥积极作用提供重要的借鉴和参考。

Since the beginning of the Cold War,with the independence of African colonies,Japan has begun to pay attention to the emergence of young countries on the African continent.For Japan,Africa is of unique strategic importance,not only because it contains a lot of natural resources,but also has a market with a large population,and the cooperation of African countries helps Japan to pursue its UN diplomacy.Compared with research on China-Japan,Japan-U.S.,and Japan-Europe related issues,domestic academics started late in the study of Japan-Africa related issues.But as China-Africa cooperation becomes closer and the African continent has once again become the stage of the great power game,studying Japan-Africa relations,Japan s strategy towards Africa and Japan s dynamics in Africa can not only enrich our understanding of Japan s future direction,but also,by looking into the case of Japan s assistance to Africa,provide important implications for China to play an active role in international affairs.