By Nicholas Szechenyi — Today, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan announced plans to dissolve the Lower House of the Diet (parliament) later this week and schedule a snap election sometime in October, about a year ahead of schedule. Abe…
By Nicholas Szechenyi — Today Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary James Mattis are hosting Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera of Japan for a bilateral Security Consultative Committee (SCC) or “2+2” meeting to coordinate…
By Kai Abe McGuire — Last week, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his new cabinet in an “attempt to regain the trust of the people.” In the larger context of Japanese politics, a cabinet reshuffle is nothing extraordinary occurring roughly…
By Amrita Jash — On July 23, two Chinese J-10 fighter aircraft intercepted a U.S. Navy EP-3 reconnaissance plane over the East China Sea. As reported, one of the Chinese aircraft flew dangerously close to the U.S. plane – running…
In this episode we explore how Japan’s relations with Southeast Asia have expanded from economic engagement and development assistance to also include security collaboration and maritime capacity building. To discuss the dynamics of Japan-Southeast Asia relations, we turned to Dr.…
This week we take a deep dive into relations between two key U.S. allies — Japan and Australia. CSIS Strategic Japan Fellow Dr. Tomohiko Satake and CSIS Senior Adviser Andrew Shearer join to discuss the drivers for closer cooperation between…
By Matthew P. Goodman, Michael J. Green, & Nicholas Szechenyi — Vice President Mike Pence will travel to South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, and Australia from April 15 to 25, including for the launch of a new economic dialogue with Japan’s…
By Junya Nishino — Ever since war broke out on the Korean Peninsula in 1950, Japan’s security ties with South Korea have been structured through the U.S.-Japan alliance. There has been a continued recognition over the decades of the importance…
By Shutaro Sano — In November 2016, Prime Ministers Shinzo Abe and Narendra Modi pledged to seek deeper bilateral cooperation and synergy between Japan’s “Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy” and India’s “Act East” policy. This reflects their mutual determination to…
By Kei Koga — At the end of his tour of Southeast Asia in August 1977, Japanese prime minister Takeo Fukuda promised that postwar Japan was “committed to peace, and rejects the role of a military power.” The year 2017…
