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In the web edition of the New York Times on August 26, 2009, Japanese politician Yukio Hatoyama penned an op-ed article entitled “A New Path for Japan,” revealing his understanding that “as a result of the failure of the Iraq war and the financial crisis, the era of U.S.-led globalism is coming to an end and that we are moving toward an era of multipolarity.” He also wrote, “We must not forget our identity as a nation located in Asia. I believe that the East Asia region … must be recognized as Japan’s basic sphere of being.” Hatoyama argued for “the creation of an East Asian community” as a national goal.
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Hirobe, I. (2015). The East Asia Community and the United States. In: Johnson, R.D. (eds) Asia Pacific in the Age of Globalization. The Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137455383_13
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