abe administration – Tokyo Review

Abenomask: Discarded – But Not Forgotten?

In February last year as toilet paper was flying off supermarket shelves as a result of panic and misleading information, the announcement...

Security

Suga-Biden Summit Leaves Japan Driving Cooperation in Maritime Asia

The flurry of foreign policy meetings – the Quad on March 12, the Security Consultative Committee 2+2 meeting on March 16, and...

2021 US-Japan Relations

United States-Japan Cooperation on Democracy and Equity Should Tackle Gender and Racial Justice

The U.S.-Japan alliance is viewed as a cornerstone of stability, the rule of law, and promotion of democracy in the Indo-Pacific. The...

2021 US-Japan Relations

Partisan Biases in U.S.-Japan Relations

Japan will welcome the Biden administration with relief in the wake of what was perceived as Trump’s bombast, threats, and unpredictability –...

Sino-Japanese Review

Japanese Attitudes toward China Harden Further

Welcome to installment XXIV (December 2020) of Sino-Japanese Review, a monthly column on major developments in relations between China and Japan that...

Politics

Are Women Japan’s Hidden Conservatives?

Former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s efforts to add more women to Japan’s shrinking workforce and into managerial positions has attracted strong criticism...

Politics

Leading from the Kantei: Japan and the Quad

On Tuesday, October 6, Japan will be hosting the second Australia-India-Japan-U.S. “quad” foreign ministers’ meeting in Tokyo against the backdrop of rapidly...

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Politics

The Abe – Trump Bromance: Not a Question of Wins and Losses

Former prime minister Abe Shinzo’s relationship with Donald Trump has been dissected in terms of its “wins” and “losses” but the only way...

Sino-Japanese Review

Sino-Japanese Diplomacy after Abe: Plus ça change?

Welcome to installment XXI (September 2020) of Sino-Japanese Review, a monthly column on major developments in relations between China and Japan that...

Politics