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INDO PACIFIC

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / The Year Ahead
Jan 2, 2023
The Ukraine war and Asian security
The real question facing leaders across the Indo-Pacific is whether the region can build a structure of peace to prevent national ambitions and hostilities from escalating to open warfare.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 7, 2022
Japan's place in Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy
Canada's position in regards to the rules that govern global trade, human rights and navigation should resonate with Japan given its deep concerns about China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2022
Japan, U.S. and Philippines align to combat China’s reach
If concerned nations can't rally behind Manila in its troubles with Beijing, then there is little chance of success in the fight against aggressive moves elsewhere in the region.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 1, 2022
The United States remains its allies’ best security hope
Despite decades of theorizing and strategizing with allies, American-led deterrence remains a delicate balancing act that depends on perceptions more than realities.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 27, 2022
The challenges facing Washington’s Indo-Pacific economic policy
Holding face-to-face meetings with Asian leaders won't gloss over the shortcomings of any initiatives offered by U.S. trade officials.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 11, 2022
Shinzo Abe forged a new Asia
Shinzo Abe transformed “Indo-Pacific” from a catchphrase into an aspiration, defining a security and economic architecture to preserve free thought and free trade in the region and beyond.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 28, 2022
How to keep the peace in the Indo-Pacific
The central question is: What is the organizing principle for collective action to maintain the peace in the Indo-Pacific?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 28, 2022
The possibilities and limits of Japan-NATO cooperation
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's participation in the NATO summit shows that Japan sees its security best advanced by tying itself to international institutions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 14, 2022
Kishida gets the credit for Abe’s work
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe transformed Japanese thinking about security policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 14, 2022
A sneak peek at the future of Japanese security policy
This year, the conference brought back a Japanese prime minister to deliver the keynote address, and Kishida took the opportunity to present his own principles for the country's security.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 10, 2022
Two very different visions for the Indo-Pacific
Japan's PM to give the keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue. He will be followed by China's defense minister who has different ideas on the Indo-Pacific security situation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 31, 2022
Global geopolitical divisions widen, deepen and accelerate
The only effective counter to Beijing's aggression is genuine progress toward — and contributions to — the economies and security of the region.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 11, 2022
Making the case for NATO Indo-Pacific cooperation
Shifts in the balance of power from the U.S. to China, slowing world growth and increasing income inequality have changed the calculus of war and peace.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2022
The 'Quad' at a crossroads
The Indo-Pacific's four leading democracies can hold as many leaders' summits as they want, but without a clear strategic vision or agenda, the 'Quad' will have little impact.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 11, 2022
Ukraine crisis should be of concern in the Indo-Pacific
Much like Russia and Europe, the world sees China trying to recreate its own hegemonic position within the Indo-Pacific region.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2022
Will the U.S. finally make the pivot to Asia?
Biden's Indo-Pacific strategy is essentially an exercise in public diplomacy, while Trump's strategic framework was formulated to advance a policy of a “free and open Indo-Pacific.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 15, 2022
Canada critical to helping ensure global supply chain security
At the onset of COVID-19, there was a shortage of PPE supplies, demonstrating the link between security issues such as pandemics and the disruption of supply chains.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 11, 2022
How ‘free-riding Japan’ came to embrace security multilateralism
Tokyo's foreign policy has seemed to take to heart the message from an old proverb: “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.

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