Dear Shannon,
I dont know if this is the right question to ask concerning your interest in Japanese forein policy but is it possible to make a link between Japanese Foreing Policy of the period leading up to WWII and how or if this is embedded in Japanese social and cultural ideology....

... and if I can take this further, can I ask how this Japanese cultural/social ideology is reflected in their perception of:
(a) their own social environment and
(b) 'other' social/cultural environment

If this questions do not suit your interest, is it possible to find some one in Japan or indeed in the US who might further correspond with.

I raise these strange questions because it has practical relevane (to me anyway, I think) in the way the Japanese my have percived the PNG social and cultural environment that they impacted upon in WWII.

THank you.
Nick Araho