Abstract: The ‘Indo-Pacific’ has emerged as the newest addition to the lexicon of Asian regionalism. Conceived of as the conjunction of the Pacific and Indian…
Country or Region: Japan
Abstract: Since the early years of the twenty-first century, a number of key regional governments have consciously chosen to alter the way they talk about…
Abstract: Based on a series of unprecedented developments, Australia and Japan have greatly enhanced their direct bilateral security ties to forge what they now describe…
Abstract: Structural realists might reasonably predict that foreign policy elites in countries like Japan and Australia would view China’s economic and military rise as a…
Abstract: Three key developments unfolded in Japan in August 2018: the Ministry of Defence (MOD) released its annual Defence White Paper; requested a 2.1 per…
Abstract: Japan banks heavily on her security alliance with the United States (US) to ensure availability of requisite military capability in the region. China’s economic…
Abstract: Why might bilateral antagonism prove resilient to incentives for improvement from multilateral cooperation with shared third parties? Prominent theories predict that two actors with…
Abstract: This article is about rhetorical framing and its effects on foreign policy outcomes – specifically in intra-alliance relations. It argues that leaders’ attempts to…
Abstract: The growth of Chinese military power poses significant challenges to Japan. China’s military spending, which was half that of Japan’s in 1996, is now…
Abstract: Japan’s kyōkasho mondai (history textbook controversy) is at a crossroads. This article tries to exemplify it through the analysis of three issue areas at…
Abstract: In so far as the nuclear-weapons possessors do not accept the Ban Treaty, practically it will not reduce nuclear weapons nor abolish them as…
Abstract: A breakthrough between Japan and Russia is being vigorously pursued in 2016. Sixty years after the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Tokyo and Moscow,…
Abstract: This NBR Special Report examines the shifting relations between Japan, China, and Russia and assesses how the emerging dynamics between these three countries could…
Continue reading Itoh, Soichi, Michito Tsuruoka, Ken Jimbo, and Michael Yahuda
Abstract: Japan remains committed to building closer ties with Russia, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe believes that better relations with Moscow would promote the country’s…
Abstract: The Japanese government has spent considerably more diplomatic energy on national security and foreign economic policy initiatives beyond north-east Asia over the last decade.…
