Nippon Ni Gaiko Ha Nakatta Gaiko Kara Mita Nippon No Kommei Ni Nin No Journalist Ga Atsuku Kataru

[Machine Translation] Looking at the long history of Japan, one is struck by the "diplomatic power of the Japanese people. Even when science and technology were not as advanced as they are today, Japan was always able to gather information from around the world and conduct carefully timed foreign policy. But since when has this power been diminished? Two journalists take a bird's-eye view of the history of Japanese diplomacy from ancient times to the present, and show the path that Japanese diplomacy should take in the future.

日本の長い歴史を見れば「日本人の外交力」に度肝を抜かれる。現在のように科学技術が発達していない時代でも、常に世界の情報を収集し、周到な外交政策をタイミングよく実施している。しかし、いつからその力が削がれてしまったのか―。二人のジャーナリストが古代から現代までの日本外交史を俯瞰し、これからの日本外交が歩むべき道を示す。