“东亚联盟论”产生前，近代日本的亚洲主义及亚洲观已为其出台准备好了思想土壤。日本发动全面侵华战争时期，石原莞尔正式提出“东亚联盟论”和发起“东亚联盟运动”。为了响应其“亚洲构想”，汪伪政权也力推“东亚联盟论”，并积极投身“东亚联盟运动”。作为张扬侵略理论的载体，《东亚联盟》杂志通过刊载文章进行蛊惑性宣传，配合日本对国民政府的诱降政策和扩大侵略战争政策。《东亚联盟》的主笔者辅以演讲、报告会、电影放映等活动，发起“东亚联盟运动”以掩盖侵略本性。“东亚联盟论”的“亚洲构想”将中国纳入日本称霸亚洲的战略，日本意欲独占中国，从而为其称霸世界做舆论准备。“亚洲构想”具备隐蔽性、狡辩性等特点，成为战后日本右翼否定侵略战争、歪曲历史的依据。
Before the emergence of the “East Asian Union” theory，modern Japan’s Asianism and Asian view had provided a good ideological soil for it. During the full-scale war of aggression against China，Kanji Ishihara formally put forward the theory of “East Asian Union” and launched the “East Asian Union Movement”. In response to his “Asian Conception”，Wang Puppet of China also pushed forward the “East Asian Union Theory” and actively participated in the “East Asian Union Movement”. As the carrier of spreading the theory of aggression，the East Asian Union carried out bewitching propaganda by publishing articles to cooperate with Japan’s policy of luring and surrendering its citizens and expanding its aggressive war policy. The main authors of the East Asian Union also launched the “East Asian Union Movement” to cover up the aggressive nature with speeches，reports，film screenings and other activities. The “Asian Conception” of “East Asian Union Theory” brings China into Japan’s strategy of dominating Asia，intending to monopolize China and thus dominate the world for Japan. The concealment and sophistry of his Asian conception became the basis for the Japanese right wing to deny the war of aggression and distort history after the war.
