Tag: Japan

Japan/China – Japan walks on a tightrope with its China policy (East Asia Forum)

Rumi Aoyama, Waseda University Over the past decade, Japan has actively promoted cooperation among Quad countries under the ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ framework to counter...

Japan/South Korea – Japan and South Korea Talk but Old Issues Continue to Figure (VIF)

Prof Rajaram Panda While the China factor, particularly its assertive and expansionist policies on a host of regional issues, and North Korea’s nuclear and missile...

Japan/China – Japanese academic: Has Japan ‘crossed the Rubicon’ in Japan-China relations? (ThinkChina)

Tomoki Kamo With China's increasingly strong rhetoric on its core interests and its criticism of Japan's recent diplomatic moves, Japanese academic Tomoki Kamo takes stock...

Japan/China/USA – Japanese academic: Biden’s emphasis on allies is impacting Japan-China relations (ThinkChina)

Shin Kawashima Relations between Japan and China have been on an uptrend in the past few years. Even after the new Suga administration came to...

Japan – Why aren’t there more women leaders in corporate Japan? (East Asia Forum)

Kumiko Nemoto, Senshu University Japan is still a long way from reaching the government’s goal of having 30 per cent of its leaders be women. In 2019,...

USA/Japan/Australia/India – The right angle of the Quadrilateral (East Asia Forum)

Mason Richey, HUFS The leaders of the United States, Japan, Australia and India met virtually on 12 March in their strategic mini-lateral grouping known as the Quadrilateral...

Japan – Leveraging longevity and tackling intergenerational inequality in Japan (East Asia Forum)

Sumio Saruyama, JCER Japan has the world’s most aged population. As the number of elderly people increases, the benefits the government funds, such as pensions, medical...

Senkaku Diaoyu Islands/Japan/China – Japan’s Senkaku public awareness campaign at risk of backfiring (East Asia Forum))

Toshiya Takahashi, Shoin University The Japanese policy debate on the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands is heating up. China’s Coast Guard Law, passed in January, stimulated nationalist reactions...

USA/Japan – United States-Japan Extended Deterrence Dialogue (US Department of State)

MEDIA NOTE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON The United States and Japan held a bilateral Extended Deterrence Dialogue by video teleconference on April 30, 2021.  The Dialogue provided an...

USA/Japan – The United States and Japan agree in principle, but implementation is key (East Asia Forum)

Glen S Fukushima, Washington DC On 16 April, US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga had their first in-person meeting in Washington. https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/04/28/the-united-states-and-japan-may-face-a-growing-perception-gap/

USA/Japan – What the Biden–Suga summit means for the region (East Asia Forum)

Yoshihide Soeya, Keio University Since the end of the Cold War, the United States and Japan have come to share strategic objectives in Asia and...

Japan – Toxic reaction to Japan’s Fukushima water dump (The Interpreter)

ARISTYO RIZKA DARMAWAN Experts insist the release of treated radioactive water isnot dangerous. Legal challenges might find otherwise. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/toxic-reaction-japan-s-fukushima-water-dump

Japan – Land scarcity, high construction volume, and distinctive leases characterize Japan’s rental housing markets (Brookings)

The Japanese housing market is characterized by a large construction volume, rapid technological progress, fast depreciation of housing value, a thin secondary market, and...

Japan/Myanmar – Japan’s response to the coup in Myanmar (East Asia Forum)

Patrick Strefford, Kyoto Sangyo University On 1 February 2021, military television channel Myawaddy told the people of Myanmar that a state of emergency had been declared. President...

Japan/Gulf – Japan’s Oil Diplomacy in the Gulf: Old Idea, New Approaches (Arab Gulf State Institute in Washington)

Narayanappa Janardhan Japan’s need for energy security has long driven relations with the Gulf states, but, under the banner of economic diplomacy, Gulf-Japan ties are...

Japan/USA – My Vision for the Japan-U.S. Alliance (CSIS)

Welcoming remarks by John J. Hamre CSIS President and CEO, and Langone Chair in American Leadership Keynote Address H.E. Yoshihide Suga Prime Minister of Japan Moderated by Michael J. Green Senior Vice...