Commentary / Japan Feb 12, 2020
Japan and the U.S. should co-develop an anti-ship cruise missile system
by Richard Armitage and Zack Cooper
In the face of growing Chinese maritime capabilities, the U.S. and Japan cannot simply sit idle.
Commentary / Japan Jan 20, 2020
The state of the Japan-U.S. alliance at 60
by Brad Glosserman
Over the longer term, the alliance must cope with a growing sense of fatigue among the U.S. public about overseas engagements.
Commentary / Japan Dec 11, 2019
Remembering Nakasone and America’s 1980s Asia policy
by Prashanth Parameswaran
The prime minister's leadership proved key to the broader evolution of the Japan-U.S. alliance.
Commentary / Japan Oct 21, 2019
Ending a war isn't the same as winning it
by Kuni Miyake
If we can't restore the Japan-U.S. alliance, we must work to refine it together — maybe with a new administration in Washington.
Editorials Aug 13, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump must convince Japan and the world that he will not accept a nuclear-armed North Korea and that he remains committed to its allies in this part of the world.
Commentary / Japan Jun 4, 2019
Trump bump: Building on U.S. president's visit
by Thomas Cynkin
Tokyo should leverage the momentum of the Trump visit to strengthen the Japan-U.S. alliance not just symbolically, but in a concrete and forward-leaning manner.
Editorials Mar 12, 2019
There is a need to reassess burden sharing across U.S. alliances, but it is vital that U.S. decision-makers understand that those alliances do not exist merely to protect other countries.
Editorials Oct 1, 2018
Okinawa's new governor and the national government should instead dialogue to explore a way out of the standoff over the relocation of the Futenma base functions to Henoko.
Commentary / Japan Sep 11, 2018
Japan must do more to support its alliance with the U.S.
by Richard Solomon
Tokyo will have to invest more energy in its long-standing security partnership with Washington.
Commentary / Japan May 30, 2016
Trump's Japan-bashing and the security alliance
by Yoichi Funabashi
Even if Donald Trump ultimately loses the presidential race, his campaign may nevertheless prompt a reconsideration of both the U.S. policy of a rebalance to the Asia-Pacific and its TPP trade strategy.
National / Politics | FOCUS Oct 8, 2015
Abe to battle for broader foreign support for SDF changes
by Ko Hirano
Fresh from winning support from a handful of foreign countries for Japan's new security laws, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is now pursuing broader international backing for the changes. He has meetings planned with a range of foreign leaders in coming weeks. Broad support is seen ...
Commentary / Japan | SENTAKU MAGAZINE May 21, 2015
The more belligerent Beijing behaves, the more important the Japan-U.S. alliance becomes.