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4.5KSecurityThe Legacy of 3/11 and the U.S.-Japan Alliance
Sunday marks the seventh anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the triple disaster that led to tens of thousands of...
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5.2KEconomyCan Japan Get the U.S. to Care about the Liberal Order Again?
Donald Trump’s announcement of tariffs on steel and aluminum tariffs last week shouldn’t have been as much of a surprise as it...
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4.8KPoliticsThe LDP’s Constitution Debate Lacks Realism
Revising Japan’s post-war constitution has been a goal of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for decades, but for most of that time...
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4.8KEconomyWhy the U.S. Will Stay on TPP’s Sidelines
On January 23, the remaining members of the Trans Pacific Partnership formally agreed to move forward on the agreement without the United...
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5.9KPoliticsDéjà Vu All Over Again in Okinawa?
The victory of LDP-backed Taketoyo Toguchi in Okinawa’s Nago City mayoral election has drawn a wide range of interpretations. Some suggest that...
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5.4KPoliticsIs there a Future for the LDP’s Factions?
Fukushiro Nukaga, the leader of the third-largest faction in the LDP, is to step down by mid-March to make way for new...
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9.5KSecurityJapan’s National Security Secretariat, Four Years On
On December 4, 2013, Japan’s National Security Council (NSC) convened for the first time. Certainly, the NSC has been an active security...
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9.9KSecurityRelevance Despite Obscurity: Japan and UN Command
On January 16, Canada hosted the Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Security and Stability of the Korean Peninsula. There, representatives from 20 nations...
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5.9KSecurityRefocusing the Debate on Japan’s Defense Reform
Major change is afoot in Ichigaya, the Tokyo neighborhood that contains the Japanese Ministry of Defense, in recent weeks; or at least...
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11.2KSocietyShinzo Abe and Japan’s Demographic Reckoning
On January 1, 2018 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addressed the nation via the customary Prime Minister’s New Year’s Reflection statement. He used...
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5.8KSecurityAviation Incidents: A Primer
On January 9, Japan’s Minister of Defense Itsunori Onodera called his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of Defense James Mattis, and talked about two...
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5.2KPolitics2018 Preview: The Opposition
2017 was a tumultuous year for Japan’s political opposition. The Democratic Party all but collapsed after newly-elected leader Seiji Maehara dramatically announced...