Shocks new and old for Japan
Author: Masahiko Takeda, ANU In 2022, Japan managed to cope with one major shock from the past, but was hit…
Revisiting Japan’s comprehensive security strategy
Author: Tomohiko Satake, NIDS Economic security, or keizai anpo, dominates the current Japanese strategic debate. Since 2019, the Japanese government…
Japan steps closer to global military power
Author: Thomas Wilkins, University of Sydney Realist international relations scholars predicted that after the Cold War Japan would revert to…
Revitalising Japan’s rice industry means targeting export markets
Author: Yusaku Yoshikawa, JIN Corporation Recent international incidents like the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war are forcing countries to…
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…
The return of Atlantic industrial policy challenges Asian trade efficiency
Author: Editorial Board, ANU The structural cracks in the global economy are becoming bigger and more dangerous. In October this…
Pinning the TICAD along the idealism and realism axis
Author: Shinichi Takeuchi, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies The Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) tends to be understood…
Comprehensive regional security and the future order in Asia
Author: Editorial Board, ANU After the successes of Indonesia’s G20 and Thailand’s APEC summits last month, East Asia’s ability to…