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October 30, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (October 2017)

The October issue of Bungei Shunju traced Abe’s trajectory as prime minister. It noted his persistent interest in Japan playing a leading global role, keeping US ties as […]

Editorial Staff

BRI, BRICS summit, comfort women, Senkaku Islands, THAAD, UN sanctions
August 30, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (August 2017)

Trump’s shadow hung heavily over summer developments in East Asia, as covered in Japan’s media. There was talk of US isolation, retreat in leadership, and failure in managing […]

Editorial Staff

ARF, comfort women, Donald Trump, history war, Kono Taro, Senkaku Islands, South China Sea
August 17, 2017 Open Forum
The Strange Rapprochement: Russian Military Pressure Tactics on the Northern Territories Issue

For the past several years, Japanese diplomacy has paid great attention to relations with Russia. After the second Abe cabinet was established in 2012, beginning with his visit […]

Koizumi Yu

1956 Japan-Soviet Joint Declaration, Japan-US Security Treaty, Northern Territories, Senkaku Islands, Southern Kuriles
May 1, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (April 2017)

The period February-April has witnessed an outpouring of Japanese articles on ties with the United States (as Trump sets his Asia policies and meets with Abe before meeting […]

Editorial Staff

Abe-Trump summit, comfort women, Economic sanctions, Kim Jong-nam, Moon Jae-in, Senkaku Islands, Strategic Triangle, Takeshima, THAAD, TPP, Trump-Xi Summit
March 27, 2017 Open Forum
Recent Views in Japan Concerning Sino-Russian Relations

How Japanese officials, media, and academics interpret the state of the relationship between China and Russia matters for Japan’s diplomacy with both countries and its foreign policy more […]

Yoko Hirose

8-point economic cooperation plan, Abe Shinzo, Arms sales, Balance of power, BRICS, energy, G7, India, Kuril Islands, media, NATO, Northern Territories, Putin, sanctions, SCO, Senkaku Islands, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, Territorial Disputes, Trump, Ukraine, US-Japan alliance, Vietnam, Xi Jinping
February 9, 2017 Special Forum
Introduction

With a new US administration under Donald Trump tempted to use military power in ways still hard to predict, it is timely to review the major military challenges […]

Editorial Staff

A2/AD, Arms trade, Diaoyu islands, East China Sea, India, Korean reunification, military buildup, missile defense system, Nuclear deterrence, sanctions, Senkaku Islands, South China Sea, Taiwan, THAAD, trilateralism, Trump
February 9, 2017 Special Forum
Russia-China Defense Cooperation: New Developments

Sino-Russian defense cooperation has intensified significantly, especially after the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis, making an update of what I wrote in this journal barely a year ago […]

Paul Schwartz

Arms trade, Diaoyu islands, East China Sea, International Army Games, Joint Sea naval exercise, Lada-class submarines, MIRV, missile defense system, Peace Mission, Putin, RD-180 rocket engines, S-400, SCO, Senkaku Islands, South China Sea, Su-35, Taiwan, THAAD, Trump, Tsai Ing-wen, Ukraine, Xi Jinping
February 2, 2017 National Commentaries
A Japanese Perspective

On February 11, 2017, after having played golf with Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, President Donald Trump tweeted; "Having a great time hosting Prime Minister Abe in the United […]

Hosoya Yuichi*

Abe Shinzo, cost sharing, Diaoyu islands, liberal internationalism, NATO, Obama, pivot to Asia, rebalance, Senkaku Islands, Territorial Disputes, Trump, US-Japan alliance
February 2, 2017 National Commentaries
A Chinese Perspective

Since Donald Trump took office last month, people everywhere have been concerned that US foreign policy could experience far-reaching change; the regional strategic situation in the Asia Pacific […]

Guan Guihai

Abe Shinzo, AIIB, Arms trade, ASEAN, Diaoyu islands, East Asia Summit, East China Sea, freedom of navigation, GSOMIA, military buildup, Obama, One Belt One Road, pivot to Asia, protectionism, RCEP, rebalance to Asia, Scarborough Shoal, Senkaku Islands, South China Sea, Taiwan, THAAD, TPP, trade liberalization, trade wars, Trump, Tsai Ing-wen, US alliances, Xi Jinping
February 1, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (January 2017)

Three shocks left Japan’s media groping for answers at the end of 2016 and the start of 2017. The Trump shock kept playing out after the initial alarm […]

Editorial Staff

abductions, Abe Shinzo, anti-globalization, ASEAN, Australia, comfort women, Crimea, Diaoyu islands, energy, GSOMIA, India, Ing-wen, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kuril Islands, Northern Territories, Park Geun-hye, Philippines, Putin, Russian Far East, sanctions, Senkaku Islands, strategic patience, Taiwan, THAAD, TPP, Trans-Siberian Railroad, trilateralism, Trump, Tsai, Ukraine