Abstract:The year 2019 marks Japan’s entering a new imperial era of Reiwa，when the situation and challenges the Abe administration is faced with reflect the continuity of Japan’s development following the past thirty years of the Heise era. In spite of Abe’s ongoing long-term administration，the cost of administration rises dramatically and the effect of policy implementation reduces，with its ambition of revising the constitution remaining disillusioned，the economy keeping deteriorated under the pressure of external environment and the lack of internal and external dynamics for growth becoming a long-term problem for Japan’s development. In 2019，Japan attempts to activate its foreign policy by promoting the concept of digital governance，striving for a favorable position in global power transition，accelerating the transformation of security policy，strengthening the military buildup based on the National Defense Planning Outline in 2018 and participating in the competition among great powers through diplomatic，economic and security cooperation. However，except for Sino-Japanese relations，Japan’s foreign policy to its neighbouring countries has been stuck in dilemma，and Abe’s attempt for “the final solution for Japan’s postwar diplomacy” has also suffered a frustration. In 2019，there has been a growing trend for the recovery of Sino-Japanese relations，with both sides setting up the direction of building the bilateral relations in the new era，all levels of dialogues restarting and trade and investment growing steadily. Meanwhile，there are still obvious controversies between the two sides，with the disputes over East China Sea remaining heated，Japan’s military deployment along its “Southwest boundary” being strengthened and its action of “complex hedging” against China becoming prominent. In the future，the essence of building the “Sino-Japanese relations in the new era” should be seeking for more strategic stability and certainty for the bilateral relations，with strengthening the economic ties and expanding the fields of cooperation based on mutual benefits as a fundamental way to build it，and maintaining all the dialogues to be effective in order to properly handle the sensitive issues and managing the contradictions in a constructive manner as an important guarantee for it.
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