Tag: Japan

The benefits of Japan’s social infrastructure and civic ties in uncertain times (Daniel P Aldrich, East Asia Forum) Forum)

Until recently, it may have been hard for the average person to grasp how deadly and damaging disasters and shocks can be. No longer....
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Japan could become partner nation on UK-led future fighter effort, says program director (Vivienne Machi, Defense News)

Japan could be the next partner nation for the trinational, British-led next-generation fighter program, an official hinted at the DSEI arms trade show in London. The...
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Japan’s Infrastructure Investment in the Indian Ocean: Checking China, Securing the Sea Lanes (Hidetaka YOSHIMATSU, IFRI)

In the 2010s, Japan gradually increased economic connections with the Indian Ocean region (IOR) through trade, foreign direct investment, and official development assistance (ODA). In...
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“The U.S.-Japan/U.S.-South Korea Alliance” and “the Far East 1905 System”: Perspectives on the 70th Anniversary of the San Francisco Peace Treaty and the U.S.-Japan...

It will soon be 70 years since the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty and the first United States-Japan Security Treaty in 1951....
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Japan. How the Olympics contributed to Suga’s downfall (Ben Ascione, East Asia Forum)

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s decision to hold the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games under the one-year postponement plan inherited from the Abe administration revolved around his need...
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Japan/Central Asia. Japan Increases Involvement in Central Asia (Paul Globe, The Jamestown Foundation)

Almost two decades ago, Japan adopted the 5+1 approach to dealing with Central Asia, a model other outside players have copied. Now, Japan is...
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USA/Japan/South Korea/North Korea. US, Japan, South Korea nuclear envoys meet after Pyongyang test (Al Jazeera)

Top nuclear envoys from Japan, the United States and South Korea held talks in Tokyo on Tuesday to discuss North Korea’s missile and nuclear...
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Japan/China. Japan hypes suspected Chinese submarine activity ‘in attempt to break pacifist constitution’ (Liu Xuanzun, Global Times)

A new type of conventional submarine of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy takes part in a naval parade staged to mark the...
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Defense-Japan-Vietnam. Japan seeks to ease military restriction through defense transfer deal with Vietnam: experts (Global Times)

The national flags of Vietnam and Japan Photo: CFP Japan and Vietnam signed on Saturday an agreement on the transfer of defense equipment and technology,...
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Japan. No escape from COVID-19 at Japan’s ballot box (Editorial Board, ANU – East Asia Forum)

Japan has entered election season with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) presidential election on 29 September and the lower house election in late...
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Japan. After Suga’s exit what comes next for Japan (Rikki Kersten, East Asia Forum)

In the time of COVID-19, competence in managing the pandemic is a vital criterion for reward or punishment at the polls for democratic leaders....
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Japan. Kishida goes all out for Japan’s top job (Aurelia George Mulgan, East Asia Forum)

Following Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s announcement that he will soon step down, one of the frontrunners for Japan’s premiership is Fumio Kishida, a...
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Japan. Suga’s resignation opens up Japan’s leadership race (Jeff Kingston, East Asia Forum)

On 3 September 2021, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga unexpectedly announced he would not run in the Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) presidential race scheduled...
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Japan. Key presidential race kicks off for leadership of Japan’s LDP (Leng Shumei and Xu Keyue, Global Times)

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga Photo: AFP A crucial presidential race has started within the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan, after the LDP's current...
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USA/Japan/Taiwan. The Taiwan factor in US–Japan alliance relations (Editorial Board, ANU – East Asia Forum)

With the rise of China and the intensification of strategic rivalry between China and the United States, the US–Japan alliance continues to serve as...
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Japan/China/Taiwan. Japan leans forward on China–Taiwan tensions (Sheila A Smith, East Asia Forum)

Today Beijing has far greater military resources to bring to bear on its relations with its neighbours and increasing pressure on Taiwan’s defences by...
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