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How Japan can lead a free and open Indo-Pacific

Commentary / Japan | API Geoeconomic Briefing Jan 12, 2021

How Japan can lead a free and open Indo-Pacific

by Yuichi Hosoya

As a friend of the U.S. and a key trading partner for China, Japan has a role to play in calming tensions in the region.

Ensuring Japan's future as a strategic partner of the U.S.

Commentary / World | API Geoeconomic Briefing Oct 8, 2020

Ensuring Japan's future as a strategic partner of the U.S.

by Yuichi Hosoya

With Washington's relationship with Beijing fast deteriorating, Tokyo has the opportunity to step up and show its strength.

Japan and the 'great power competition'

Commentary | Opinion Aug 17, 2020

Japan and the 'great power competition'

by Brad Glosserman

Return to first principles to get the region and the world right.

Japan airs concerns over U.S. work visa halt

Business / Economy Jul 7, 2020

Japan airs concerns over U.S. work visa halt

Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said move could hurt both Japanese companies and the U.S. economy.

Commentary / Japan Mar 25, 2020

Finding strength and unity within our uncertain 'socially distant' future

by Joshua W. Walker

Japan's long history of 'bending to adversity' prepares Tokyo for what comes next in terms of global and international implications.

Will American populism damage Japan?

Commentary / Japan Mar 8, 2020

Will American populism damage Japan?

by Yoichi Funabashi

The sort of polarizing populism exemplified by Trump, Sanders and several other current world leaders may present Japan and the international order with their biggest challenge of the post-war era.

How the U.S. election will impact Japanese politics

Commentary / Japan Feb 21, 2020

How the U.S. election will impact Japanese politics

by Yuki Tatsumi

This year's U.S. presidential election could serve as an existential shock that Japanese politics may desperately need to revitalize itself, forcing a generational change in political leadership that is long overdue.

Presidential election will define Japan-U.S. ties

Commentary / Japan Dec 31, 2019

Presidential election will define Japan-U.S. ties

by Glen S. Fukushima

The outcome of the U.S. presidential election will have profound implications for Japan and the rest of the world.

Washington asked Tokyo to pay five times as much per year for U.S. forces based in Japan

National Nov 16, 2019

Washington asked Tokyo to pay five times as much per year for U.S. forces based in Japan

The United States asked Japan earlier this year to pay significantly more — about five times as much per year — to support U.S. forces stationed on the soil of its major Asian ally, government sources said Saturday. The request was delivered by John Bolton, ...

Erosion of America's reliability for allies

Commentary / Japan Oct 28, 2019

Erosion of America's reliability for allies

by Kuni Miyake

The Trump administration's actions raise questions about the credibility of the Japan-U.S. alliance.

U.S. will promise not to hike tariffs on Japanese autos, report says

Business Sep 16, 2019

U.S. will promise not to hike tariffs on Japanese autos, report says

Japan and the United States are reportedly working toward a joint leaders’ statement that would include a U.S. promise not to hike tariffs or introduce quotas on Japanese cars.

Trump's disquieting disdain for Japan

Commentary / Japan Jul 11, 2019

Trump's disquieting disdain for Japan

by Ramesh Thakur

Rising tensions between China and the U.S. have put Japan in a uniquely privileged position vis-a-vis both countries.

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