Jennifer Anson, Coordinatorof the Palau National Security Office, gave a presentation at a conference on security organized by an Indian institute, focusing on the just released National Security Strategy. At the same conference, Mr. Tevita Motulalo (Senior Researcher, Royal Oceania Institute) of Tonga spoke on an interesting subject.
The relationship between Japan and Tonga dates back to the 1800s, the Meiji Era. King Kalakaua of Hawaii had a Pacific Rim concept that included Japan and the Polynesian kingdoms of Tonga and Samoa, which is the origin of the present Blue Pacific. This is a story that Yohei Sasakawa seems to like, so please be careful. Ryoichi Sasakawa dangled Tupou IV in the airport project, and Yohei insulted Tupou V.
King Kalakaua quietly visited Emperor Meiji in the middle of the night and proposed a Pacific Rim concept that excluded Westerners who were bullying the Hawaiian Kingdom at the time. He even proposes marriage between members of the Hawaiian royal family and members of the Imperial family.
I read the details of this proposal a long time ago. It was translated into Japanese under the title of "King Kalakaua's Travels to Nippon. I thought it was a Japan-Hawaii alliance concept, but it was the Pacific Rim. The English text is.
"Around the world with a king"
by William Armstrong, a member of the cabinet of Kalakaua, the last king of Hawaii. 1904
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パラオ国家安全保障局局長のジェニファー・アンソンがインドの研究所が主催する安全保障の会議で、発表されたばかりの国家安全保障戦略を中心に発表。おなじ会議にトンガのMr. Tevita Motulalo（Senior Researcher, Royal Oceania Institute）興味深い事を話していた。
日本とトンガの関係は1800年代、明治時代に遡る。ハワイのカラカウア王がトンガ、サモアなどポリネシアの王国と日本を含む環太平洋構想をもっており、これが現在のブルーパシフィックの原点だ、というのだ。笹川陽平が好みそうな話なので、みなさん注意するように。笹川良一はTupou IVを空港事業でたぶらかし、陽平はTupou Vを侮辱しています。
カラカウア王が夜中ひっそり明治天皇を訪ね、当時ハワイ王国をいじめていた西洋人を排除した環太平洋構想を提案。ハワイ王族メンバーと皇室メンバーの結婚まで提案する。
この詳細は大昔読んだ。「カラカウア王のニッポン仰天旅行記」というタイトルで和訳されている。あれは日本とハワイの構想だと思っていたが環太平洋だったか。英文は
"Around the world with a king"
by William Armstrong, a member of the cabinet of Kalakaua, the last king of Hawaii. 1904
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