In this article, the author will focus on the role former Japanese diplomat Yoshio Okawara played in the “restoration” in the context of postwar Japan–US relations, particularly in his capacity as Japan’s ambassador to the US. During the 1980s, a period when trade friction between Japan and the US was particularly intense, and diplomatic relations pluralized, Okawara emerged as a “pragmatist,” striving to vanquish the “perception gap” between the two nations. Today, the Donald J. Trump administration seems to be shaking up the global system of free trade. In the current situation, there is much to learn from the example set by the diplomat Okawara, a pragmatist who throughout his life did so much to narrow the perception gap that caused the trade frictions of the 1980s and to restore the Japan–US relationship that had been ravaged by war.

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多元化的务实外交家：大河义雄与战后日美关系的恢复

在本文中，作者将着重介绍前日本外交官大河原义夫在战后日美关系下在“恢复”中所扮演的角色，特别是以其日本驻美国大使的身份。在1980年代，日本和美国之间的贸易摩擦特别激烈，外交关系多元化，大河原（Okawara）成为“实用主义者”，努力消除两国之间的“认知鸿沟”。今天，唐纳德·J·特朗普政府似乎正在改变全球自由贸易体系。在当前形势下，有很多经验教训可以借鉴外交官大河原（Okawara）的榜样，他是一生的实用主义者，他为缩小导致1980年代贸易摩擦的知觉差距并恢复日美关系做出了巨大贡献。被战争破坏了。