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Jun 3, 2022

Australia’s new government hits the ground running

The recent 'Quad' summit hastily attended by Australia's new prime minister, Anthony Albanese, showed he knows how to move quickly. He must not let up on that pace.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2021

Biden puts Southeast Asia in U.S. sights — at last

The Biden team has shifted into high gear, dispatching officials and announcing policies to reinforce U.S. ties with Southeast Asia in a belated diplomatic offensive.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 17, 2021

U.S. will need to work with China to make progress on North Korea, official says

Washington wants to work with Beijing on some areas of overlapping interest, despite fraught relations between the two over issues including trade and human rights.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
May 25, 2021

How Japan can avoid losing out on the world stage

Tokyo must learn from its history of making bad decisions and being slow to deal with postwar crises.
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JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 8, 2021

Biden’s pricier troop deal with Seoul to impact next agreement with Tokyo

The agreement on a “meaningful increase” in cost-sharing could prompt the U.S. to ask Japan to play a larger role in its regional strategy instead of doling out more cash, experts say.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 4, 2022

Top U.S. diplomat to outline China policy in speech on Thursday

After more than a year in office, the administration of President Joe Biden has faced criticism from Republicans and others for lacking a formal strategy for dealing with China.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 17, 2021

U.S. sanctions Chinese officials over Hong Kong democracy crackdown

The sanctions, posted by the U.S. Treasury Department, target individuals from China's Hong Kong liaison office, used by Beijing to orchestrate its policies in the Chinese territory.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 31, 2019

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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 26, 2019

Sumo diplomacy as Abe courts Trump, but U.S. leader's tweets may have left Tokyo unnerved

U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's bromance gets stronger but the president's U.S. president's tweets on Twitter — focusing on trade and North Korea — may have unnerved Abe.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead
Jan 10, 2023

Testing times ahead for Beijing

Will China's ideological doubling down on the state over the market continue to impede its overall economic growth performance?
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BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2022

Ministers from 15 countries to hold talks on U.S.-led IPEF trade initiative in September

Participants in the talks aim to declare the start of formal negotiations to establish new rules for the 21st century economy based on democratic values.
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JAPAN
Aug 5, 2022

Fallout from Taiwan visit looms large over Pelosi’s meeting with Kishida

At a news conference following the meeting, Pelosi was defiant in asserting the right of U.S. officials to visit their Asia-Pacific allies — including Taiwan.
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JAPAN / Politics
Jul 24, 2022

Government makes preparations for influx of global dignitaries for Abe's state funeral

A Japanese government official said that a considerable number of foreign dignitaries are expected to come to offer condolences during Shinzo Abe's state funeral.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 14, 2014

Japan's Obama problem

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe does not appear to have considered the possibility that his pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine on Dec. 26 might end up helping China by deepening South Korea's antagonism toward Japan.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 22, 2021

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 “The alliance...
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BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2023

Biden and Kishida held 'very productive' talks on China export controls

The Biden administration in October published a sweeping set of export controls, including measures tightly restricting Chinese access to U.S. chipmaking technology.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 17, 2022

Lay Japan’s war debates to rest along with Abe

Commemorating the end of World War II can be a sensitive moment in Japan. How to honor the slain prime minister is now another one.
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JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 3, 2021

Hong Kong’s fate spurs Japan to speak up about defending Taiwan

A more supportive policy toward Taipei is emblematic of a broader shift by Tokyo in response to China's crackdown on Hong Kong and increased military activities in the Taiwan Strait.
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JAPAN
Apr 17, 2021

IOC President Bach to visit Japan in May for meeting with Suga, report says

Bach will attend a torch relay ceremony in Hiroshima on May 17 and meet with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga the next day, according to a report.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 29, 2013

Abe vows to remain steadfast on China

Japan will remain steadfast and cooperate with other countries in addressing China's recent establishment of an air defense identification zone covering the Senkaku Islands, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is greeted by Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Jining, in Shanghai on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 2, 2023

U.S. officials are streaming to China. Will Beijing return the favor?

Such visits could help convey Beijing’s interest in stabilizing ties with Washington. But China has been noncommittal.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tours a new Toyota battery factory in Liberty, North Carolina, with state Gov. Roy Cooper (second from right) on Friday.
BUSINESS
Apr 13, 2024

Kishida touts Japan’s investments in U.S. with visit to swing-state Toyota plant

The prime minister visited the North Carolina plant where Toyota last year injected an additional $8 billion to make batteries for electric vehicles.

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