Country Report: Japan (September 2023)
Despite the supposed dog days of August, the summer news from Japan proved quite riveting. In July and August, alarm only heightened over the challenging security environment Japan […]
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A Perspective from China and Russia
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Country Report: Japan (May 2023)
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A South Korean Perspective
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A Japanese Perspective
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A US Perspective
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Introduction
The articles in this special forum examine Japan’s foreign policy from three angles. The first provides an overview with a year-by-year breakdown for 2020-23. This is followed by […]
Japan’s Economic Turn to Europe
Economics was at the heart of Abe Shinzo’s project for Japan. For all the attention to constitutional revision or security and foreign policy reform, his agenda for national […]
Southeast Asia Tests the Allure of Japan’s Global Vision
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