foreign policy

Diplomacy and Japan in 2026: The Year a “Plan B” is Finally Needed?INSIGHT | Jan 12, 2026

Takaichi Sanae’s Smiling Start: Will Long-Term Progress Follow Early Diplomatic Success?INSIGHT | Nov 11, 2025

The US-Japan-ROK Trilateral After Yoon: Japan’s and Korea’s Security Choices in the Trump 2.0 EraINSIGHT | May 14, 2025

Analyzing China’s TPP BidINSIGHT | Mar 1, 2022

Japan Diversifies its Foreign-Policy Portfolio: Charting Its Own Course in an Age of UncertaintyINSIGHT | Oct 10, 2019

The Northern Territories Dispute: Is a Breakthrough in the Offing?INSIGHT | Sep 30, 2016

The Age of Public Diplomacy: From Enmity to AmityINSIGHT | Feb 5, 2014

A More Confident Japan in a Strong Alliance: Michael Green SpeaksINSIGHT | Oct 25, 2013

Wanted: An Externally Oriented JapanINSIGHT | Aug 23, 2013

Examining Japan’s Africa Policy Through TICAD VINSIGHT | May 31, 2013

The Need to Increase Japan’s ODA Spending on HealthINSIGHT | May 30, 2013

Three Ways to Boost Japan’s Diplomatic PR Power—For (Almost) Nothing!INSIGHT | Dec 31, 2012

Getting to the Heart of the Osprey ControversyINSIGHT | Oct 15, 2012

Making the Most of Cultural DiplomacyINSIGHT | Mar 12, 2012

Japan’s Diplomatic Agenda for the Asia-PacificINSIGHT | Jan 30, 2012

Stay Hungry, Japan! An Interview with Nakasone YasuhiroINSIGHT | Nov 10, 2011

The Impact of the Xinhai Revolution on Japanese PoliticsINSIGHT | Oct 28, 2011