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INDO PACIFIC

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 24, 2020
Post-Abe, Japan matters even more for Canada
A re-elected Trump will likely double-down on his “America first” policy, further eroding the rules-based order countries like Canada and Japan depend on for stability.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 4, 2020
Rest of Asia will miss Abe more than Japan will
Asian democracies will have to hope that Japan continues down the path Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid out.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2020
China alone: Will the prospect of isolation thwarts Beijing's imperialist ambitions?
In his most recent New Year’s speech, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared that 2020 would be “a milestone.” Xi was right, but not in the way he expected. Far from having “friends in every corner of the world,” as he boasted in his speech, China has severely damaged its international reputation,...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2020
What does Vietnam think of America's Indo-Pacific strategy?
The South China Sea is where the rubber meets the road for U.S.-Vietnam security ties, and in this regard, Hanoi has gone as far as it is comfortable.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 21, 2020
The case for Japan-U.S. space cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
To combat China's space ambitions, Japan and the U.S. need a coordinated, regional approach.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 25, 2020
Japan must start drafting an Indo-Pacific charter
After watching dozens of webinars, including one co-hosted by the Canon Institute for Global Studies and the Stimson Center, it seems clear that no one knows what will happen to the international order in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 22, 2020
U.S.-India relations shape Japan's strategic environment
Japan's strategic environment is shaped by the intersection of three major geopolitical storylines.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 22, 2020
In the competition for Southeast Asia influence, Japan is the sleeper
Tokyo's insistence on the value of a rules-based order, the heart of its Free and Open Indo-Pacific vision, has sunk in.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 21, 2020
Where India fits in Japan's Indo-Pacific strategy
The South Asia giant has grown increasingly prominent in Japan's regional strategy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 14, 2020
Toward an Indo-Pacific concert of democracies
If democratic powers leverage their bilateral and trilateral partnerships to generate progress toward such a concert of democracies, the vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific may be achievable in the years ahead.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 12, 2019
Shifting into the era of the Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific era should not and must not be defined by the U.S.-China strategic competition.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 11, 2019
Indo-Pacific at the heart of rules-based order
The region is facing a host of shared challenges from maritime piracy and crime to heated territorial disputes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 22, 2019
Japan and India — a special relationship
As the world's economic center of gravity shifts to Asia, it increasingly falls to these two countries to take up the baton to champion freedom, inclusivity, trade and other liberal values.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 14, 2019
Japan's precarious Indo-Pacific balance
Japan's sustained economic growth and regional stability will not be served if Japan-China relations are securitized.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 14, 2019
America's feeble Indo-Pacific strategy
The United States has allowed Chinese expansionism in Asia to continue virtually unimpeded.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 30, 2019
Asia faces a time for choosing
At the ASEAN summit, the path forward should be to double down on and recommit to the principles that have brought Southeast Asia success in recent decades.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 29, 2019
Trump's Indo-Pacific strategy at year two
The U.S. president's actions raise questions about his commitment to the region.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 2, 2019
Changes on the Indo-Pacific's geopolitical chessboard
Today, with the specter of Asian power disequilibrium looming, the China factor has gained greater salience in the equations between and among the major Indo-Pacific powers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 22, 2019
Japan's Indo-Pacific dream or nightmare?
Unfinished political reform, militarization, technological authoritarianism, the politicization of history and great power rivalry is stressing the Indo-Pacific region and Tokyo's attempts to inculcate a rules-based order into the region.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 22, 2019
Weighing the impact of Korea and Taiwan crises on the region
The endgame of the latest war game simulation was neither rosy nor promising.
Japan tariff negotiator rules out quick U.S. deal despite push by Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Friday, a day after talks in Washington.
Magnitude 5.0 earthquake jolts Nagano
A map showing the location of an earthquake that hit Nagano Prefecture on Friday evening, with the numbers indicating the seismic intensity on the shindo scale to 7.
Japan mulls reviewing car safety rules to strike deal with Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister and top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Friday.
Shohei Ohtani announces birth of daughter
Shohei Ohtani and his wife Mamiko Tanaka attend a Lakers game in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 2024.
No concessions over food safety in Japan-U.S. talks, Ishiba says
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters at his official residence in Tokyo on Thursday.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Calling all Potterheads: ‘The Goblet of Fire’ comes to Tokyo
The Tokyo version of the globe-trotting exhibition features a Ministry of Magic set, which includes an imposing replica of the Magic Is Might monument representing magical fascism.
Tokyo stock picker advises Trump-proofing portfolios with Godzilla creator Toho
The head of Godzilla, a Japanese monster movie character, is seen on a building of Toho Cinema in Tokyo. Toho is one tariff-defensive stock being recommended by brokers.
LDP and CDP lawmaker groups propose 0% consumption tax on food
A vegetable stand displays prices at a supermarket in Tokyo in 2023. Some lawmakers are proposing lowering the consumption tax on food to 0%, which is expected to result in a loss of up to ¥5 trillion in tax revenue annually.
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.

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