Faculty of Business Management, Osaka Sangyo University
Abstract
The continental view encounters obstacles in the integration of the Northeast Asia Region. To overcome these obstacles, we need to use the continental view and the maritime view. Such a compound perspective is indispensable for solving the complicated problems in the living cultural area of the Northeast Asia Region. We should not allow the living culture of the Northeast Asia Region to be restricted by conceptions of territory, nation or border. We have to understand, objectively and synthetically, the living cultural area of this region through maritime as well as the continental view. We have to analyze the essential problems synthetically, and look below the surface of historical, environmental and security aspects. We should intrinsically consider the values, philosophies and thought in the living cultural area of the Northeast Asia Region in the same manner as we understand the unmoving depths of the ocean. The maritime view is in the spirit of co-existence between human beings and nature and the spirit of mutual certification and recognition of the cultural differences which emerge from each country, ethnic group and region. This spirit will be the basis for the integration of the Northeast Asia Region
