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November 13, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Scenario of China’s Fault II

In recent weeks there has been a palpable shift in the tenor of China-Japan relations. On November 1, Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Abe Shinzo met in […]

Amy King

Anti-Japanese sentiment, Commercialized media, National identity
November 13, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Scenario of Japan’s Fault II

Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’h statement on the seventieth anniversary of Japan’s defeat in the Asia-Pacific War evoked mixed reactions from commentators. Some media reports were critical of its […]

Tessa Morris-Suzuki

Historical denialism, JSHTC, National identity, Strategic information diplomacy
September 24, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Scenario of China’s Fault

In March 2015, Premier Li Keqiang gave a press conference following the conclusion of the annual National People’s Congress, in which he explained that China’s relationship with Japan […]

Amy King

CCP, Economic Relations, National identity, Re-Remember, Regionalism
September 23, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario II: Optimism amidst Doubts for China and Its International Behavior

On the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the end of WWII, China’s much expected military parade of September 3 was held in Beijing. After all, China, the […]

Ren Xiao*

China-Japan-South Korea summit, National identity, One Belt One Road, Regionalism
September 18, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Scenario of Japan’s Fault

As the fiftieth anniversary of Japan’s defeat in the Asia-Pacific War approached in the summer of 1995, the Japanese Diet debated a resolution, which, it was hoped, would […]

Tessa Morris-Suzuki

Abe Statement, History problem, National identity, Regionalism
September 18, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
History Will Continue to Haunt Japan’s Relations with China

In 2015, history has cast a darker shadow on Japan’s relations with China than at any time since normalization of relations in 1972. This was the seventieth anniversary […]

Editorial Staff

September 10, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario II: Problems Are Structural

On September 3, Beijing’s sky was “parade blue.” It was a rare day when the US embassy index indicated that the air quality was “good.” Following the “APEC […]

Takahara Akio*

70th Anniversary, National identity, nationalism
August 27, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario II: This Triangle Will Not Take Shape

The argument in favor of a “Sino-Russian-North Korean” triangle in Northeast Asia rests on the notion that Beijing and Moscow need North Korea for reasons that outweigh their […]

Sergey Radchenko

Cold War, Iran nuclear deal, Regionalism, Six-Party Talks
August 13, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario I: Five Reasons for a Positive Outcome

Unlike the old days when there was a Soviet Union and China and Japan were quasi-strategic allies, today the situation is different. As the world changes, the “good […]

Ren Xiao*

collective self-defense, Economic Relations, Regionalism, Territorial Disputes, Yachi Shotaro
August 4, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario I: No Escape from Troubled Seesaw in Japan-China Relations

Japan’s relations with China for about two years from September 2012 were the worst they had been since normalization in 1972. In late 2014 and over the first […]

Takahara Akio*

EEZ, National security, Senkaku Islands