关键词: 日本 , 联合国维和行动 , 历史脉络 , 特征分析

Abstract: Participation in the UN peacekeeping operations is an important part of the Japanese UN foreign policies. It is also the key content of the Japanese foreign strategy as an “ordinary country”. Since the end of World War Ⅱ successive Japanese governments have adopted a series of legislation and policies, and managed to institutionalize the action of sending troops abroad. Their participation in UN peacekeeping operations is used as a platform and springboard. The Japanese participation in peacekeeping operations has the following characteristics: 1， The Japanese participation is highly selective; 2， The Japanese participation is strongly purposeful; 3， The Japanese peacekeeping policies are heavily influenced by “Neoconservatism”; and 4, The Japanese environment for peacekeeping is relatively complicated.

Key words: Japan , UN peacekeeping operations , historical context , characteristic analysis