Japan protests after U.S. Marines dump toxic water in Okinawa sewer
The government has filed a strong protest with U.S. forces based in Okinawa Prefecture for dumping treated water containing dangerous chemicals into the local sewage system.
Consumer electronics makers, such as computer, video game and phone makers, have warned that they cannot keep pace with demand.
Japan-U.S. alliance remains strong, but challenges lie ahead
Looking at recent developments, it seems clear that there is far more that unites Japan and its ally than divides them.
Will the Suga-Biden summit provoke China?
Based on my observations, global media coverage of the Suga-Biden summit meeting in Washington was rather favorable. Walter Russell Mead, for example, wrote in The Wall Street Journal that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s visit was “hailed in both countries as a major success,” and ...
How Japan can lead a free and open Indo-Pacific
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.
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'
Return to first principles to get the region and the world right.
Finding strength and unity within our uncertain 'socially distant' future
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?
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
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
The outcome of the U.S. presidential election will have profound implications for Japan and the rest of the world.
