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This paper analyzes 'Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere', one of the Japan's plans for East Asia regional communities, was based on Pan-Asianism and emphasized regional identity in the prewar era, and 'East Asian Community' which has advocated by Japan the starting point in 2004. Therefore, this study explores that the past plans for Japan's regionalism in East Asia had the original structures of thoughts, the main causes and limits of the failure, and the signification in level of regional community. Moreover, this paper research what the strategies and problems are in ''East Asian Community' which is forwarded by Japan for regional community in East Asia now, what the needs are for the formation of East Asia regional Community to Japan and East Asia. Also, this study thinks that Japanese strategic thoughts toward East Asia regional community in the present is from Japan's own the recognition of the needs including China and U.S. for the factors. Japanese debates intensified over what strategy would be suitable for Asian regionalism, both an imperative for global competition and a pathway to realize leadership aspirations. Japan seriously try to tie the region under the name of "East Asian Community" from entering in the 21st century. However, the uncertainty which were history and territory problems between South Korea- China-Japan, a burst of nationalism, hegemony competition between Sino- Japan, has existed in Japan's the pursuit of regionalism. The United States, in addition to, is making more difficult to Japan's the pursuit of regionalism in East Asia.