Japan

The signing of the visitor book of Prime Minister of Japan H. E. Mr. Fumio Kishida on March 20, 2023. (MEAphotogallery via Flickr)

Commentary

Kishida’s Game-Changing Visit to India

Satoru Nagao

Fellow (Nonresident)

Satoru Nagao

Apr 21, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on March 17, 2023. (Yoshikazu Tsuno via Getty Images)

Commentary

How Five Days in March Will Change Japan’s Foreign Policy

James J. Przystup

Senior Fellow, Japan Chair

James J. Przystup

Apr 3, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

Podcast

China Insider #16 | The TikTok Hearing, China and Russia, and the CCP’s Campaign to Isolate Taiwan

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Wilson Shirley

Former Media Fellow, China Center

Miles Yu & Wilson Shirley

Mar 28, 2023

Podcast

A soldier with the 1st Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force provides security during a bilateral amphibious assault exercise with U.S. Marines from Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 31st Marine Expiditionay Unit, at Tokunoshima, Japan, March 3, 2023. The bilateral amphibious assault exercise allowed Marines and JGSDF soldiers to simultaneously secure austere terrain. during Iron Fist 23. Iron Fist is an annual bi-lateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthe

A soldier with the First Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, takes part in a training exercise on March 3, 2023, in Kagoshima, Japan. (US Marine Corps photo by Vincent Pham)

Commentary

America Shrugs, and the World Makes Plans

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Mar 27, 2023

Commentary

1 Min Read

A view of the Presidential Office Building in Taipei, which was previously the office of the governor-general of Taiwan during Japanese colonial rule. (Walid Berrazeg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Commentary

Tokyo Is Very Much Invested in Taiwan’s Future

Riley Walters

Senior Fellow

Riley Walters

Mar 8, 2023

Commentary

6 Min Read

(Screenshot via VOA Korea)

In the Media

North Korea's Nuclear Provocations Drive South Korea, Japan, and the US Closer Together

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Feb 12, 2023

In the Media

Podcast

China Insider #6 | China’s Economic and Demographic Headwinds, Kishida’s G7 Tour, and Beijing’s Overseas Police Stations

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Wilson Shirley

Former Media Fellow, China Center

Miles Yu & Wilson Shirley

Jan 18, 2023

Podcast

President Xi Jinping (R) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands before the group photo during the BRICS Summit at the Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center in Xiamen, southeastern China's Fujian Province on September 4, 2017.

President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands before the group photo during the BRICS Summit in Fujian, China, on September 4, 2017. (Kenzaburo Fukuhara/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Can India Emerge as a Rival to China?

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Jan 16, 2023

Commentary

1 Min Read

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 13: U.S. President Joe Biden poses for photographs with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio after his arrival at the White House on January 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. Fumio is in Washington to meet with his counterparts during a round-the-world trip. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Joe Biden poses for photographs with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida after his arrival at the White House on January 13, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Commentary

Biden-Kishida Parley Marks Transformational Moment for Japan

Kenneth R. Weinstein

Japan Chair

Kenneth R. Weinstein

Jan 13, 2023

Commentary

1 Min Read

50602-N-IU636-204 PEARL HARBOR (June 2, 2015) A member of the Japanese community in Hawaii welcomes the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ship JS Kashima (TV 3508) as it arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Kashima is joined by JS Yamagiri (DD 152) and JS Shimayuki (TV 3513) for a scheduled port visit. While in Hawaii, JMSDF sailors will participate in wreath-laying ceremonies at the USS Arizona Memorial, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) and Makiki Cemetery. The JMSDF has

A man welcomes the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ship JS Kashima to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on June 2, 2015. (US Navy photo by Johans Chavarro)

Podcast

China's Influence and Japan's "NATO-Like" Posture

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Jan 13, 2023

Podcast

President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio participate in an arrival ceremony, Monday, May 23, 2022, at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida greets President Joe Biden at Akasaka Place in Tokyo, Japan, on May 22, 2022. (The White House via Flickr)

Commentary

Prime Minister Kishida's G7 Roadshow Ends in Washington

Riley Walters

Senior Fellow

Riley Walters

Jan 12, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a joint press availability with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, and Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 11, 2023. [State Department photo by Freddie Everett/ Public Domain]

Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada speaks at the a joint press availability on January 11, 2023, at the US Department of State. (US Department of State via Flickr)

Podcast

Japan Unveils Ambitious Military Plans ahead of Biden-Kishida Meeting