Media discourses of territorial disputes in Japan. Issue 1 (2nd January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wellisch, Simon; Laš, Lukáš
• Is Part Of: Asian geographer. Volume 39:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 19
• Publication Date: 2022-01-02
• Subjects: Japan -- territorial disputes -- geopolitics -- discourse -- Japanese media; Asia -- Geography -- Periodicals; Pacific Area -- Geography -- Periodicals; 915
• DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2020.1768569
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1022-5706

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper deconstructs Japanese media discourses of Japan's territorial disputes in selected newspapers in English – namely The Asahi Shimbun, The Japan News and The Japan Times from 2002 to 2018. Embedded in critical geopolitics, content and discourse analyses were conducted with the lexicostatistical tool AntConc, using articles available in the LexisNexis and Kikozu II Visual databases. The outcomes illustrate that nationalist geopolitical imaginations are popular among all researched newspapers as demonstrated by a strong dominance of solely Japanese toponyms in the discourses as well as a focus on supporting Japan's obstinate approach rather than promoting solutions.