Japan
Working together in space can enhance worldly ties between Australia and Japan
This month, Australia is the host country for the annual Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSF), which is a Japanese-led initiative, bringing together space agencies,…
ASEAN countries confront Chinese export glut
Developed Western and East Asian economies are not the only countries dealing with the deleterious second-order consequences from China’s overcapacity affliction. The…
Asia’s year of electoral upsets
OutmodedWith the US presidential election sparking all sorts of debate about the future of the erstwhile bastion of global democracy, it is little appreciated what a bad year it…
Japan: Will Ishiba’s election gamble pay off?
Japan’s newly appointed Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has unexpectedly called for a snap election to be held this weekend. The announcement follows a period of political…
Japan would benefit from an economic security strategy
Economic security has become an established concept in the present era as the return of great power competition muddles the line between security and economic issues. Governments…
The ghosts of Japan’s occupation of Malaysia
Nearly 80 years ago, during the Second World War, Japan attempted to forge a hegemonic bloc spanning much of East and Southeast Asia. Under the so-called Greater East Asia Co…
Analyses
The case for an Indo-Pacific Economic Resilience Bank
The world faces a multi-trillion-dollar financing gap to reinvigorate stalling global development and create diversified green supply chains to enable a secure clean energy…
What Japan’s new Prime Minister thinks about Indo-Pacific peace
On 1 October, Shigeru Ishiba was sworn in as Japan’s new prime minister, after succeeding in his fifth attempt to win the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party.He is familiar…
The Quad has solid foundations
There has been a swirl of negative commentary surrounding the fourth Quad Leaders’ Summit held in President Joe Biden’s hometown on 21 September.A common criticism has been that…
Yesterday’s stick, today’s carrot? China’s removal of the Japan seafood ban
On 20 September, Beijing announced it would soon begin removing a blanket ban on the import of Japanese seafood products originally imposed in August 2023. The news came in a…