Tag: Japan

Japan’s Digital Agency: Another shot in the dark or an emblem of change (Chitrali Parashar, ORF)

In September 2021, Japan set the ball rolling with its digital policy as the new Digital Agency took office in Tokyo. While the country...

Kishida’s opportunity to shake up Japanese defence policy (Corey Wallace, East Asia Forum)

Throughout 2021, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida downplayed his reputation as a defence dove ahead of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential race. Eventually victorious, the...

Evolving Australia–Japan cooperation in dealing with the ‘three Cs’ (Yuma Osaki, The Strategist)

Amid global uncertainties, strengthening like-minded nations’ bonds to deal with those challenges is vital. In the Indo-Pacific region, cooperation between Australia and Japan has...

Japan, Germany expand military ties as German warship sails through region (Mari Yamaguchi, The Associated Press, Defense News)

Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said Friday the country will step up military cooperation with Germany in the Indo-Pacific region as he welcomed a...

Japan becomes first non-American operator of KC-46A tanker (Mike Yeo, Defense News)

Boeing has delivered the first of four KC-46A tankers to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, marking the program’s first delivery to a customer outside the United...

Confusion reigns over Kishida’s big economic promises (Aurelia George Mulgan, East Asia Forum)

Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was proactive and dynamic in his pursuit of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidency, which was totally out of character...

Japan’s ruling LDP on defensive ahead of parliamentary polls (Al Jazeera)

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) faces a fight to maintain its sole majority in this weekend’s lower house election, opinion polls on Friday...

How should Taiwan, Japan, and the United States cooperate better on defense of Taiwan? (Yoichi Kato, Brookings)

As tensions rise over the Taiwan Strait, the urgent sense of threat is increasing in Japan. So is the realization that trilateral cooperation with...

Japan’s intensifying refugee debate (Yusaku Yoshikawa, East Asia Forum)

On 10 August 2021, the Immigration Services Agency of Japan (ISA) published its final report on the recent death of a young female detainee from Sri...

Experts at Beijing-Tokyo Forum call for early resumption of high-level defense exchanges (Xu Keyue and Xing Xiaojing, Global Times)

Experts from China and Japan urged for the early resumption of high-level defense exchanges on Tuesday at the 17th Annual Beijing-Tokyo Forum to help...

Inward investment falters in Japan (Richard Katz, East Asia Forum)

Japan stands apart in a world where most countries seeking to boost growth encourage foreign companies to set up new facilities on their soil...

Wang Yi offers 5 suggestions on improving China-Japan ties at Beijing-Tokyo Forum (Xu Keyue and Xing Xiaojing, Global Times)

As next year marks the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang...

Chinese, Russian warships tackle Japanese close-in recon, ‘display confidence’ in 1st joint sea patrol (Global Times)

A Chinese-Russian naval flotilla tackled external challenges, including close-in reconnaissance by Japanese forces, during the fleets' first joint sea patrol over the past week. The...

Is Kishida a dove or a hawk? (Kazuhiko Togo, East Asia Forum)

Shortly after his victory in the contest for the position of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President, and being sworn in as Japan’s new prime...

Chinese-Russian task force sails around Japan (Mike Yeo, Defense News)

A joint Chinese-Russian naval armada has sailed around Japan following a joint exercise in the Sea of Japan, sailing through a narrow international waterway...

Survey shows most Japanese don’t want Tokyo to take sides in China-US rivalry (Xu Keyue, Xing Xiaojing and Zhang Changyue, Global Times)

A poll on China-Japan relations showed that a majority of the respondents in both countries cited US pressure as an obstacle for China-Japan ties...