國立臺灣大學政治科學論叢

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With  the  development  of  democracy  and  globalization  in  the  21st  century,nation-based  global  outlook  is  confronted  with  challenges.  In  the  future  manygovernmental functions will come under the direct supervision of non-governmentalunits.  Subject  to  such  trends,  this  offers  non-governmental  organizations  theopportunity  to  find  their  place  on  the  international  stage,  to  stimulate  existingconcepts  and  values  that  exist  in  international  society  as  well  as  to  force  thegovernment to re-consider national functions.    Under such context, this essay willtake  Japan’s  non-governmental  organizations  as  the  research  subject  for  in-depthunderstanding  of  the  interaction  between  Japan’s  non-governmental  organizationsand  government  foreign  affairs  as  well  as  to  develop  a  better  realization  of  thesupportive measures established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, thus furtheringschemes of action strategy for Taiwan’s reference.Findings indicate that it is necessary to add new actors, i.e. non-governmentalorganizations,  to  avoid  overlooking  public  opinion  in  the  course  of  diplomaticpolicy-making, thus elevating legitimacy and transparency in the course of drawingup  the  policy.    Moreover,  Japan’s  experience  leads  us  to  the  realization  thatTaiwan’s  non-governmental  organizations  should  not  play  out  their  residualfunction  negatively  but  should  instead  nurture  their  responsibility  and  missiontowards  society  positively  as  well  as  lay  stress  on  their  ability  to  participate  in diplomatic affairs.    Furthermore, the government could consider how to set up onelegal  environment  which  will  benefit  non-governmental  organizations  and  couldalso  deliberate  the  possibility  of  a  system  of  subsidies  as  well  as  strengtheningchannels of mutual communication through the establishment of functional posts.