Tag: Japan

(Japan) How Japan chose where to base its F-35s (Defense News)

Mike Yeo  writes for Defense News: Japan’s defense minister has confirmed that the U.S. ally will base its Lockheed-Martin F-35B Lightning II Short Take...

(China/Russia/North Korea) China, Russia, North Korea vs USA, Japan, South Korea

Yang Sheng nd Xie Wenting write for Global Times: China and its two neighbors with significant relations - Russia and North Korea - have...

(Japan/South Korea/USA) The USA and relations between Japan and South Korea

East Asia Forum writes: US President Joe Biden has put priority on mending US alliance relationships in the Asia Pacific region, bringing US allies...

(Japan/South Korea) Dysfunctionality of Japan–South Korea relations

Daniel Sneider writes for East Asia Forum: The dysfunctionality of Japan–South Korea relations led many to despair about whether the two Northeast Asian neighbours...

USA/Japan/South Korea – The triangle between USA, Japan and South Korea

CSIS writes: Japan-South Korea relations have fallen to historic lows in recent years, as sensitivities over history, territory, and trade have impacted security cooperation...

Japan/Taiwan – A new high in Japan’s security ties with Taiwan (Abhijitha Singh, ORF)

The relations between Japan and Taiwan have traditionally been cordial in all areas of their bilateral relations. The outcome of the recent summit between...

Japan – Japan’s Four-day Workweek Proposal Unlikely to Work (Rajaram Panda, VIF)

Japan and Japanese are known for their famously workaholic corporate culture. There are cases in which companies have forced employees to put extra hours,...

Japan/Taiwan/China – Japan will dig its own grave if it crosses red line of Taiwan question (Song Zhongping, Global Times)

"If China invades Taiwan, Tokyo may interpret the move as a 'threat to Japan's survival' and deploy the Self-Defense Forces to exercise collective self-defense,"...

Cybersecurity/Japan – Japan to bolster national cybersecurity defence with 800 new hires: Report (Aimee Chanthadavong, ZD Net)

Japan's Ministry of Defense has announced plans to bolster its cybersecurity unit by bringing on additional personnel to help defend against increasingly sophisticated attacks. Japan...

Japan – Suga’s LDP falls short of majority in Tokyo city election (Al Jazeera)

Japan’s ruling party and its allies have failed to win an outright majority in Sunday’s election for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly. The vote in the...

Japan/Taiwan – Japan’s slippery Taiwan tricks will not work (Da Zhigang, Global Times)

Japan is one of the US allies that closely monitors Washington's position on the Taiwan question. This is reflected in a series of recent...

Japan/USA/China/Russia – Hostile ties with both China, Russia expose Japan to more dependence on US (Cai Liang, Global Times)

Japanese and US forces are conducting the joint Orient Shield exercise, which began June 18 and finishes on July 11. On July 1, they...

Japan – Protecting Japan’s foreign workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic (Yusaku Yoshikawa, East Asia Forum)

In January 2021, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare reported that the number of foreign workers had hit a record high of 1.7 million. Meanwhile, the COVID-19...

UK/Europe/Japan – UK-EU-Japan digital policy coordination (Chatham House)

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, digital tools have ensured the survival of many businesses and minimized devastating interruptions to education thereby accelerating a social and industrial...

Japan – Japan’s nuclear wastewater plan is clouded by politics (Yasuo Takao, East Asia Forum)

The Japanese government’s approval of a plan to discharge treated radioactive water stored at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean has...

Japan – Tokyo’s non-cancellable Olympic moment (East Asia Forum)

The Tokyo Olympic Games are set to kick off in less than one month. The decision to proceed in the middle of the COVID-19...