Japan’s Decades-Long Dominant Party Gets a Challenge
On September 17, Japanese media outlets buzzed with speculation that Prime Minister Shinzō Abe was preparing to…
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The Road to Japan’s First Woman Leader Just Got Longer
The world of Japanese politics, mundane on most days, was turned upside down last July when Yuriko Koike, a…
Commitment Issues: Trump’s New Asian Foreign Policy
Then president-elect Donald Trump’s personal phone call with Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-Wen was one of the…
The North Korean Missile Crisis: The Dawn of Japanese Rearmament
On the 6th of March 2017, North Korea launched four ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan. Three of the…
The Ainu People and Japan – Recognition over Reconciliation
The upcoming 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo have led the Japanese government to implement policies and campaigns that…
For Whom the Bell Tolls- the TPP and Donald Trump
Donald Trump may be a man of many words, or “the best words”, but when it comes to the Trans Pacific Partnership…
Artificial Intelligence and Job Security
In January 2017, Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance, a life insurance company based in Japan, has announced plans to…
Power Over Weakness: A Pipe Dream of East Asian Union
Last Saturday in Seoul, three East Asian nations’ (Korea, China, Japan) foreign ministers agreed to hold summit…
“Comfort Women”: Japan and Neighbour Relations
70 years ago, the Pacific side of the Second World War officially ended with Japan’s surrender after the landing of…
Why can’t Japan join the Chinese ‘New Silk Road’?
The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim member states. APEC seeks to promote…