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The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere and Manchukuo’s Foreign Policy
Get PDFThis article is an attempt to elucidate the kind of Manchukuo’s diplomacy with other Asian states, in order to analyze its national character and the structure of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere (GEACPS). While diplomacy normally helps a state establish its raison d’état, by enabling it to define its national character through participation in the international community and sharing values and interests with other members, as a “puppet state” of the Japanese Empire, Manchukuo differed in that respect, since it was largely dominated by diplomatic relations with Japan, which were at times in conflict with the principles of the GEACPS community, thus threatening to add a layer of complexity to its national character.
On the other hand, Manchukuo was for Japan a model state for building the GEACPS, whereas the other countries in the Sphere sought independence and sovereignty, urging Manchukuo to also pursue equal diplomatic relations with Japan as a sovereign state. Consequently, as Japan expanded its influence in developing the “New Order of East Asia” into the GEACPS and the number of member countries increased, Manchukuo relinquished its role as a model polity and came to be recognized as an independent sovereign state.journal articl
