November - December 2025

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Japan

March – April 2023
April 18, 2023 National Commentaries
A South Korean Perspective

Analyses of President Yoon Suk-yeol’s foreign policy tend to focus on his government taking a tougher line toward North Korea relative to the engagement-focused approach of the preceding […]

Leif-Eric Easley

comfort women, Dokdo/Takeshima, GSOMIA, Indo-Pacific strategy, wartime labor
April 18, 2023 National Commentaries
A Japanese Perspective

Abe Shinzo was the most well-traveled prime minister in Japanese history. Abe sought to raise Japan’s stature in the world, support a rules-based global order, and cultivate person-to-person […]

Tom Le

comfort women, Dokdo/Takeshima, forced labor
April 18, 2023 National Commentaries
A US Perspective

South Korean efforts to realign its foreign policy to achieve its goal of being a “global pivotal state” are gaining momentum this spring through President Yoon Suk-yeol’s diplomatic […]

Scott Snyder

comfort women, Dokdo/Takeshima, forced labor, GSOMIA, Indo-Pacific strategy
April 12, 2023 Special Forum
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 […]

Editorial Staff

Indo-Pacific strategy, Taiwan, Ukraine War, US-China rivalry
March 13, 2023 Country Reports · Japan
Country Report: Japan (March 2023)

The winter of 2023 saw Kishida Fumio make a celebrated visit to Washington, while clarifying the new security strategy of Japan in the face of dangers from China, […]

Editorial Staff

NATO, Senkakus, trilateralism, Ukraine, US-China rivalry