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is, for Japan, such that it is not necessary for Japanese to act positively, because it can reap considerable benefits from the existing international orders.

Takakazu Kuriyama, a former Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, accepts this, and argues that Japan did not have to act positively because Japan could reap considerable benefits from the existing international orders (Kuriyama 1991: 113).

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Takakazu Kuriyama