In the rough seas of a rapidly-changing international situation, we will hoist the flag of Proactive Contribution to Peace even higher and make Japan shine in the center of a worldwide stage. Those narratives are showing layer of Japanese identity construction as an understanding of Japan’s position in world-hierarchical terms, where Japan is constructed through its differentiation from Others. In those cases ‘Othering’ is associated by differentiation from ‘less shining, or less splendor external Others. Go to Shining Nation Domain >