All posts tagged "featured"

• Sino-Japanese Review

  Myanmar Coup: A Battleground for Sino-Japanese Influence

  On February 1st the world woke up to Myanmar under military rule following a coup against elected members of the ruling party....

• 2021 US-Japan Relations

  Partisan Biases in U.S.-Japan Relations

  Japan will welcome the Biden administration with relief in the wake of what was perceived as Trump’s bombast, threats, and unpredictability –...

• 2021 US-Japan Relations

  A U.S.-Japan Dual-Citizen Arrangement Can Benefit Both Countries

  Although Japan does not recognize dual citizenship, the United States and Japan would both benefit from such an arrangement. A combination of...

• 2021 US-Japan Relations

  Biden Must Assist Japan and South Korea with their Wartime History Dispute

  The Biden administration’s focus on allies and partners and the inability of democratic U.S. allies Japan and South Korea to move beyond...

• 2021 US-Japan Relations

  Increasing Support for U.S.-Japan Alliance in Okinawa is Not a Pipedream

  The ongoing political impasse between Japan’s central government in Tokyo and the Okinawa prefectural government over U.S. military basing threatens the long-term...

• 2021 US-Japan Relations

  Japan Can Remain an Important U.S. Ally Despite Demographic Challenges

  The world is aging. Some countries are not only aging, but their populations are shrinking as immigration fails to make up for...

• Economy

  Green Financing: The Key to Japan’s Post-COVID Recovery?

  In October 2020, Japan’s ambitious pledge to achieve a carbon neutral society by 2050 garnered widespread praise after years of the nation...

• Politics

  The Case for Holding the Tokyo Olympics

  Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games organizers announced that preparations for the global tournament are “continuing as planned”, stressing that they “never discussed”...

• Politics

  Olympics Chief Mori’s Gaffe Exposes Suga’s Weakness

  Exactly twenty years ago today, on February 9th 2001, the American submarine USS Greeneville collided with a Japanese high-school training boat, the...

• Sino-Japanese Review

  Japan’s Growing Reliance on the Chinese Market

  Welcome to instalment XXV (January 2021) of Sino-Japanese Review, a monthly column on major developments in relations between China and Japan that...

• Politics

  Lost in Communication: Japan’s Covid-19 Information Crisis

  Every year in December, Japan’s Kanji Proficiency Society announces a single kanji character as the “Kanji of the Year”. The winner in...

• Society

  Building Back Better for Japan’s Women in a Post-COVID Society

  The coronavirus pandemic has brought large interruptions to typical patterns of working, forcing Japanese companies to become more flexible and loosen their...