Japan searches for a new grand strategy
Author: Editorial Board, ANU Last week Japan adopted its first ever space security blueprint aimed at better using space for…
Japan’s grand strategy as a declining power
Author: Yusuke Ishihara, NIDS The Yoshida Doctrine is no longer fit to understand Japan’s grand strategy. Its precepts emerged under…
Kishida’s biggest problem is Japan’s faltering bureaucracy
Author: Ko Mishima, East Stroudsburg University Late prime minister Shinzo Abe left an important mark on Japanese political history. He…
Will Yoon’s risky wager on Japan pay off?
Author: Eun A Jo, Cornell University There are signs of a thawing in the frosty ties between South Korea and…
The problematic politics of Japan’s ageing electorate
Author: Yasuo Takao, Curtin University Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida used a policy speech at the opening of the 2023…
Japan’s big realignment in 2022
Author: Editorial Board, ANU We have long been inured to think of the Japanese state and society as stable, to…
Kishida’s difficult year
Author: Aurelia George Mulgan, UNSW Canberra The past year has not been good for Japan, nor for Prime Minister Fumio…
Japan–China relations back on track
Author: Shin Kawashima, University of Tokyo At a Japan–China summit on 17 November 2022, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and…
Australia–Japan military cooperation retains capital punishment risk
Authors: Donald R Rothwell, ANU and Mai Sato, Monash University Throughout 2022, Australia–Japan military cooperation has been the subject of…