日本的亚太战略是其对外战略的重头和关键部分。当代日本亚太战略的全局性课题，是应对后危机时代的格局变动，维护“现存”的体系和规则。其核心目标是在重点应对中国崛起的同时，确保并增进自己呈相对下滑趋势的政治地位、经济繁荣和安全系数。战略实施的手段，则是政治、经济、安全等诸要素的配套组合和叠加使用，它以自主努力为基本，以日美同盟作为支轴，以双边及地区多边合作网络为依托。该战略的推进与美国“重返”亚太高度共振，将给大国关系和地区形势带来复杂的变数及影响。
Asia-Pacific strategy is a critical part of Japan's international strategy. The overall issue of Japan's Asia-Pacific strategy is to deal with the changing international structure after the global financial crisis, and maintain the current international system and its rules. The core aims include dealing with China's rise, maintaining Japan's political status, economic prosperity and national security. The means to achieve such aims include combining political, economic and security resources, relying on Itdoenrggotfs, taking full use of the US-Japan alliance, enhancing bilateral and multilateral regional cooperation. Japan's Asia-Pacific strategy coordinates with the US strategic adjustment to Asia-Pacific, which brings uncertainty into the regional situation.
