Tag: Japan

Open newsletter – february 22, 2022

AFGHANISTAN The Taliban is creating a “grand army” for Afghanistan that will include officers and troops who served the old regime, says the official tasked...

Daily news – February 8, 2022

News from: Al Jazeera, Astana Times, Atlantic Council, Brookings, Bruegel, Chatham House, CSIS, Defense News, Defense One, East Asia Forum, Foundation for Defense of...

Daily news – February 7, 2022 a.m.

AFGHANISTAN Bamiyan Buddhas and Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage. Rishika Dhumal, Vivekananda International Foundation: In Afghanistan, Buddhist cave temples are concentrated in three regions: Jalalabad (180 caves),...

Japan-Taiwan relations: A look back on 2021 and look ahead to 2022 (Adam P. Liff and Ryan Hass, Brookings)

Throughout 2021, U.S. government officials and scholars expressed deepening concerns that China may use its growing military power to force unification with Taiwan. Against this backdrop,...

Japan’s low-tech world (John West, The Interpreter)

Japan is a high-tech country, right? It is, after all, the home of bullet trains, robots, computer games and all sorts of gadgets. But there...

BOJ raises inflation forecasts but rules out policy tightening (Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto, Reuters)

The Bank of Japan raised its inflation forecasts on Tuesday but said it was in no rush to change its ultra-loose monetary policy, as...

Japan–Australia defence deal opens up opportunities for closer cooperation (Grant Newsham, The Strategist)

The Australian and Japanese prime ministers met virtually on 6 January and signed a reciprocal access agreement (RAA) that makes it easier for each...

Entrepreneurs from China, Japan and South Korea pin hopes on the RCEP: survey (Zhang Dan, Global Times)

Despite the ongoing pandemic and geopolitical volatility, most entrepreneurs from China, Japan and South Korea are optimistic about China's economic growth in 2022 and...

Japan deepens defense ties with US to target China, seeking to justify amending the war-renouncing constitution (Wang Qi, Global Times)

Aiming to deepen defense cooperation, the US and Japan on Friday held a virtual 2+2 meeting, with a new five-year agreement on sharing the...

US, Japan chide China as they deepen defence ties (Al Jazeera)

Japan and the United States have expressed concern about what they described as China’s “ongoing efforts” to “undermine” the rules-based international order, as the...

Security relationship with Japan is only the beginning for Australia (Shiro Armstrong – East Asia Forum)

Australia has become Japan’s most important security partner after the United States. Japan is the world’s third largest economy and central to outcomes in...

Nagasaki’s global city diplomacy (Christophe Meyer, Stephen Cullis and Daniel Clausen – East Asia Forum)

Traditionally, diplomacy has been the domain of countries. But the 21st century has seen a rise in innovative diplomacy from cities. Cities have shown...

Challenges abound for Japan’s Kishida in 2022 (Masahiko Takeda, East Asia Forum)

Through 2021, Japan experienced its third, fourth and fifth waves of COVID-19. A government state of emergency was in place during most of the...

Japan needs to navigate a pathway between the United States and China (East Asia Forum)

Japan’s Fast Retailing CEO Tadashi Yanai, who runs the Uniqlo clothing chain, declared that his company wouldn’t be choosing between the United States and...

Japan’s way forward in 2022 (Ben Ascione, East Asia Forum)

Japan’s political calendar in 2021 was dominated by the government’s commitment to host the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games in July in the middle of...

Japan to help build Bill Gates’ high-tech nuclear reactor in Wyoming -Yomiuri (Reuters)

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (7011.T) are set to cooperate with the United States and Bill Gates' venture company to...