Economical And Cultural Dimensions For Japanese Policy Toward The Arab Gulf States

The Japanese Foreign Policy towards the Middle East including Arab countries and the Cooperation Council of the Arab Gulf States has not paid any attention to the Middle East affairs, at least during the 1950s and 1960s. This is due to the American guarantee to Japan concerning the availability of the latter's oil needs from the States of the region. After power crisis, represented by the oil ban by the Arabs following October war 1973 which had great repercussions on the Japanese economy, political decision makers directed their attention to the Middle East especially the Gulf oil States which provide Japan with more than 80% of its oil imports. Accordingly Japan tried to promote and support its relations with the Gulf States