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Kimura Kan*

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April 22, 2024 Special Forum
Changing Perceptions of North Korea in Japan and Japan-US-South Korea Cooperation

Japan, the United States, and South Korea joined hands in 2023 at Camp David in responding to an historical turning point elicited by geopolitical competition, a climate crisis, […]

Kimura Kan*

Indo-Pacific strategy, trilateralism, unification
June 28, 2021 National Commentaries
A Japanese perspective

For the Japanese government, the US-ROK relationship after the establishment of the Biden administration is a difficult puzzle. The guiding principle was presumed to be the unfolding of […]

Kimura Kan*

free and open Indo-Pacific, Quad Plus, trilateralism
April 15, 2019 Open Forum
Explaining South Korea’s Sharp Shift in 2018 toward Japan

Japan-ROK relations stand at a great crossroads. What brought about this big test was the ruling issued in October 2018 by the South Korean Supreme Court on conscripted […]

Kimura Kan*

comfort women, conscripted labor, Dokdo /Takeshima, Kono Declaration, Rising Sun flag dispute, Yasukuni Shrine
September 29, 2014 National Commentaries
A Japanese Perspective

"Reassessing the Park-Xi Summit"   For understandable reasons, the Japanese paid rapt attention to the July 2014 Seoul summit between China and South Korea. Perhaps, the most compelling […]

Kimura Kan*

China, collective self-defense, Japan, joint ceremony of remembrance, missile defense, National identity, National security, public opinion, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Territorial and historical consciousness questions, US