Abstract

This paper examines the Statement on Air-Hijacking from the 1978 Bonn Summit and its effect on Japan’s anti-hijacking policy. Although the Group of Seven (G7) began as an economic summit, it soon became a forum for both economic and non-economic agendas that were of significant concern to the leaders of member states. Its first official statement on a non-economic issue related to possible sanctions against countries that supported hijackers since the act represented a common danger to the seven countries in the 1970s, and some of them, including Japan, had compromised with hijackers to ensure the safety of hostages. Though it was Japan’s prime minister who began the conversation that ultimately led to the statement against hijacking, the Japanese government did not immediately change its policy after the Bonn Summit. The subsequent follow-up meetings, however, changed Japan’s stance to a hard-line policy due to pressure from the highest level and the accompanying bureaucratic infighting within the Japanese government. This case proved the effectiveness of the G7, which has been disputed in previous studies of this international forum.

摘要

本文考察了 1978 年波恩峰会关于空中劫持的声明及其对日本反劫持政策的影响。尽管七国集团 (G7) 最初是一次经济峰会，但它很快成为成员国领导人极为关注的经济和非经济议程的论坛。它的第一份官方声明涉及可能对支持劫机者的国家实施制裁，因为该法案对 1970 年代的七个国家构成了共同危险，其中包括日本在内的一些国家已与劫机者妥协以确保安全的人质。虽然是日本首相开始了对话，最终导致了反对劫机的声明，但日本政府并没有在波恩峰会后立即改变政策。然而，由于来自最高层的压力以及随之而来的日本政府内部的官僚内讧，随后的后续会议将日本的立场转变为强硬政策。这个案例证明了 G7 的有效性，这在这个国际论坛之前的研究中一直存在争议。