Séminaire avec Reinhard Drifte, professeur émérite à l'Université de Newcastle. Présidence: Céline Pajon, chercheur, Centre Asie, Ifri.

Reinhard Drifte est professeur émérite à l"Université de New Castle, professeur associé à l'Université de Ritsumeikan à Kyoto et à l'Université de Pau (IAE). Ses principaux sujets de recherches sont la politique étrangère du Japon, les questions de sécurité dans la région d"Asie du Nord-Est. Actuellement ses travaux portent plus précisément sur les relations sino-japonaises et les confits territoriaux. Il est l"auteur de nombreux ouvrages et publications, parmi lesquels : Japan"s Security Relations with China since 1989 : From Balancing to Bandwagoning ?, London, Routledge Curzon, 2003 ; Japan"s quest for a permanent UN Security Council Seat : A matter of pride or justice ? Basingstoke : Macmillan Press, 2000.

China has become Japan"s biggest trading partner and the number of Chinese in Japan is now higher than that of the Koreans, which had constituted the largest foreign community since 1945. Large Chinese enterprises are increasingly buying up ailing Japanese small and medium-sized companies. Chinese are becoming a major feature in Japan"s tourism industry. Chinese professors at Japanese universities can be found in increasing numbers, teaching Japanese students about China. The reactions of the Japanese to these developments range from opposition to welcome, reactions which play out against a background of increasing political and economic rivalry, territorial problems and a host of other bilateral irritants. This presentation will examine whether the growing Chinese presence in Japan will be helpful in addressing these irritants or whether it will further deteriorate the bilateral climate. The subject is of interest to Europe both as Japan"s biggest trading partner, and because of the growing Chinese presence in this region as well.

Le séminaire se tiendra en anglais.