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February 5, 2015 Special Forum
Assessing Abe’s Economic Agenda: Abenomics, TPP, and Domestic Politics

It is premature to evaluate the success of Abenomics and TPP, two signature items of Prime Minister Abe Shinzo during his first two years in office, but it […]

Terada Takashi*

Abenomics, FTA, FTAAP, JA Zenchu, Shinzo Abe, TPP
February 5, 2015 Special Forum
US-Japan Relations under Abe Shinzo

When Abe Shinzo became prime minister for a second time, the reaction in Washington was decidedly mixed. In both the Obama administration and the policy/intellectual community of Japan-watchers, […]

Glen S. Fukushima

Abenomics, Futenma base, Japan-US alliance, rebalance, Shinzo Abe, TPP, Yasukuni Shrine
February 21, 2014 Topics of the Month
TPP – 2

My article in The Asan Forum on TPP has received a number of comments, including T.J. Pempel’s rejoinder and a vigorous debate on the Japan Forum LISTSERV sponsored […]

William W. Grimes

Capital controls, intellectual property rights, rules of origin, Shinzo Abe, structural reform, the Diet, TPP, US Congress
February 21, 2014 Topics of the Month
Japan-South Korea Relations – 2

This article is available in hardcopy & eBook format at the following site: http://www.palgrave.com/kr/book/9781137541703

Park Cheol Hee*

Anti-Japaneseism, Balanced diplomacy, Kerry, Park, Shinzo Abe, trilateral cooperation
December 20, 2013 Country Reports
Country Report: China (December 2013)

The escalating tensions with Japan have featured strongly in China’s traditional and online media in the past two months, but especially in recent weeks. China’s announcement of a […]

Editorial Staff

ADIZ, Diaoyu, Jang Song-Thaek, Joseph Biden, non-interference in internal affairs, Shinzo Abe
November 6, 2013 Open Forum
ROK and US Views on the Foreign Policy of the Abe Administration

This article is available in hardcopy & eBook format at the following site: http://www.palgrave.com/kr/book/9781137541703

Bong Youngshik*

deference diplomacy, Dokdo /Takeshima, Japan-US alliance, mutual abandonment, Park Geun-hye, rebalancing’s impact, Shinzo Abe, Yasukuni
October 18, 2013 Topics of the Month
Japan-Russia Relations – 4

September and early October have been relatively calm months, but nevertheless, both in international events and in the rejoinders that we have received in this forum, there were […]

Kazuhiko Togo

2+2 Meetings, 70th Anniversary of World War II, no visa system, Putin, Putin’s image in Japan, Russian Foreign Ministry, Shinzo Abe, the China card
October 4, 2013 Country Reports
Country Report: China (October 2013)

Chinese writings on international relations in the Asia-Pacific region continue to be the most prolific and informative in comparison to Japanese, Korean, and Russian writings. Despite censorship and […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Pang Zengjun)

Bipolarity, economic regionalims, equal dialogue with US, India, Japan’s threat, North Korean buffer, Park Geun-hye, SCO, seapower, Shinzo Abe, Sino-Russian alliance
September 13, 2013 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (September 2013)

In a speech delivered on the sixty-eighth anniversary of Liberation Day, Park Geun-hye said, “Japanese politicians need to show courageous leadership to heal wounds from the past to […]

Editorial Staff

dependency on China, inter-Korean trust process, Merkel, mutual abandonment, Park Geun-hye, Shinzo Abe, Xi Jinping, Yasukuni Shrine
August 21, 2013 Topics of the Month
Japan-Russia Relations – 2

Two commentaries were made by Iwashita Akihiro and Konstantin Sarkisov, both long-time experts on Japan-Russia relations whom I respect. Iwashita’s comments are mostly related to the evaluation of […]

Kazuhiko Togo

Alexander Panov, Hashimoto Ryutaro, International relations theory, Kawana proposal, Putin, Shinzo Abe, Yeltsin