1. Territorial Disputes in Japanese Media’s View
Waseda
GSICCS
Territorial Disputes in Japanese Media’s View
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Name
Jingkai Shao
Date
2017/11/21

2. Japan’s Territorial Disputes with neighboring countries
China
Diaoyu Islands / Senkaku Islands
East China Sea
South China Sea (indiredtly)
South Korea
Dokdo / Takeshima
Russia
Southern Kuril Islands / Northern Trritories

3. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan)

4. Japanese Newspaper
Top selling newspapers

5. Media’s Role in Territorial Disputes
Providing Arena: “The media arena is often where that battle is conducted. The media itself becomes a rallying point for all the combatants – and every combatant aspires to control its own media.”
Social Construction: “Conflicts are socially constructed and require a focus on ‘the social construction of state identities, alliances, military doctrines, and even particular weapons.’”
Enlarging Conflict ＆ Reproducing the nationalist identities :
regional→global (by media construction);
“inscribed in textbook descriptions of historical truths and values, recorded in regional maritime laws and policies, and reinforced through social media conversations for each of the countries involved.”

6. What I have done
Previous Research: Analysis of China-related Editorials on South China Sea Dispute from Japanese Yomiuri Shimbun Methodology : Content analysis (Quantitative) Text analysis (Qualitative ) Sample: 130 (N=130) editorials that contain the key word “South China Sea” during 2014~2016 from Yomiuri Shimbun Software: KH Coder, SPSS

7. (High-frequency words list) Word Rank Noun Verb Adjective/ Adverb
Rank
Noun
Verb
Adjective/
Adverb
common
special
places
organizations
people
1. 
International Society
（国際）
287
Chnia
（中国）
933
US Army
（米軍）
107
Xi Jinping
（習近平）
179
Cooperate
（協力）
199
Security
（安全） 2.
Military
（軍事）
201
USA
（米国）
737
SDF
（自衛隊）
105
Shinzō Abe（安倍晋三）
139
Negotiate
（会談）
195
Peace
（平和） 98
3. 
Economy
（経済）
175
Japan
（日本）
407
ASEAN
（ＡＳＥＡＮ） 91
Obama
（オバマ） 90
Defense
（防衛）
117
Important
（重要） 82
4. 
Ocean
（海洋）
131
SCS
（南シナ海）
322 UN
（国連） 76
Park Geun-hye（朴槿恵） 38
Ensure
（保障）
110
Free
（自由） 72
5. 
Society
（社会）
106
Asia
(アジア)
206 G7
（Ｇ７） 68
Duterte
（ドゥテルテ） 33
Support
（支援） 89
Stable
（安定） 64
6. 
Strategy
（戦略）
S Korea
（韓国）
U-J Alliance
（日米同盟） 46
Ashton Carter（カーター） 22
Change
（変更） 80
Necessary
（必要） 59
7. 
President
（大統領）
Pilipinas（フィリピン）
TPP
（ＴＰＰ） 39
Wang Yi
（王毅） 14
Claim
（主張） 77
Arbitrary
(独善的） 51
8. 
Region
（地域） 97
N Korea
（北朝鮮）
Navy
（海軍） 31
Aquino III（アキノ）
Expand
（拡大）
New
（新た） 48
9. 
Marine
（海上） 94
Australia
（豪州） 74
Communist Party
（共産党） 27
Trump
（トランプ） 13
Concern
（懸念） 75
Positive
（積極） 40
10. 
Government
（政府）
India
（インド） 70
AIIB
（ＡＩＩＢ） 20
Putin
（プーチン） 11
Reclaim
（開発）
Tightly
（緊密） 36
(High-frequency
words list)

8. (Co-occurrence words
semantic map)

9. Theory: Framing Theory
The media focuses attention on certain events and then places them within a field of meaning. In essence, framing theory suggests that how something is presented to the audience (called “the frame”) influences the choices people make about how to process that information.
Findings:
1. Comment Background: “International Norms”
2. Comment on China: “Hegemonism”
3. Coping Methods: “Joint Containment”
4. Japan’s Purpose: Sino-Japan Dispute,
Constitutional Revision and Japan-US Alliance

10. Tentative research Question
What
1. What are the differences/similarities of editorials/opinions on territorial disputes from different Japanese mainstream newspapers?
2. What are the strategies that adopted by newspapers to comment on different territorial disputes (with China/South Korea/Russia)?
How (less viable)
How do these contents influence public opinions?
How do these contents influence foreign polices? (if any)

11. Possible Theories Agenda setting theory:
"ability [of the news media] to influence the importance placed on the topics of the public agenda".
Framing theory
Positioning theory:
about “how people use words (and discourse of all types) to locate themselves and others”.

12. Available Resources Waseda University Library WINE OPAC

13. What I should do next to add more region (Korea/Russia) into analysis
Based on previous work (Starting from Yomiuri)
to know recent trend of such issues
Expand the range (region/newspaper comparison?)
to add more region (Korea/Russia) into analysis
to make comparison with Asahi/Mainichi/Sankei/Nikei
Improve research method/tool
try to use more scientific, accurate method (eg. The R Programming Language)
Read more
about more applicable theories, previous studies, newspaper articles

14. References
Riley, Patricia. Media Diplomacy: Public Diplomacy in a New Global Media Environment. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2014.
Puddephatt, Andrew. Voices of war: Conflict and the role of the media. International Media Support (IMS), Denmark,
Wang, Zheng. The Diaoyu/Senkaku Dispute as an Identity- Based Conflict: Toward Sino-Japan Reconciliation. The Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2013.
Montiel, Cristina, et al. "Nationalism in Local Media During International Conflict: Text Mining Domestic News Reports of the China–Philippines Maritime Dispute". Journal of Language and Social Psychology.Vol 33, no. 5, 2014.

15. Thank you ！