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Yuki Tatsumi

Yuki Tatsumi

Yuki Tatsumi is Director of the Japan Program at the Stimson Center in Washington, D.C.

Yuki Tatsumi is a Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the East Asia Program and Director of the Japan Program at the Stimson Center. She is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Canon Institute for Global Studies in Tokyo, Japan. She is a co-author of Global Security Watch: Japan (Praeger, 2010), an author of Opportunity out of Necessity: Impacts of US Defense Budget Cuts on the US-Japan Alliance (Stimson, 2013), and Japan’s National Security Policy Infrastructure: Can Tokyo Meet Washington’s Expectations? (Stimson Center, 2008).  She also is an editor of several books, including US-Japan-Australia Security Cooperation: Prospects and Challenges (Stimson, 2015), Japan’s Global Diplomacy: View from Next Generation (Stimson, 2015) and Japan’s Challenges in East Asia: View from Next Generation (Stimson, 2015).

Tatsumi holds a B.A. in liberal arts from the International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan and an M.A. in international economics and Asian studies from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University in Washington.

Posts by Yuki Tatsumi
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December 05, 2015

Japan-Australia Relations: Beyond the ‘2+2’

By Yuki Tatsumi
Japan and Australia created a new framework for defense cooperation. Now comes the hard part: actually cooperating.
November 07, 2015

How Can Japan Improve Its Relations With China and South Korea?

By Yuki Tatsumi
The China-Japan-South Korea trilateral was a good thing for Japan, but much work lies ahead.

October 30, 2015

The South China Sea: A Test for Japan’s 'Proactive Contribution to Peace'

By Yuki Tatsumi
What will Tokyo do to demonstrate its commitment?

October 09, 2015

Don't Expect Too Much of Japan's Defense Reforms

By Yuki Tatsumi and Mengjia Wan
Japan's defense policy is indeed gearing for change, but the changes are limited and rooted in the US-Japan alliance.

October 02, 2015

Japan Wants to Streamline Its Defense Industry

By Yuki Tatsumi
Japan's new Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency (ATLA) is an attempt to overhaul its approach to defense tech.
September 29, 2015

Japan's 'Proactive Contribution to Peace': Beyond Development Aid

By Yuki Tatsumi
Japan is doing itself a disservice by focusing only on economic contributions to global development.

September 17, 2015

The Democratic Party of Japan: The Beginning of the End?

By Yuki Tatsumi
Japan's opposition has not been able to capitalize on the unpopularity of Shinzo Abe's security bills.
September 05, 2015

Japan's New Defense Budget: Fact Vs Fiction

By Yuki Tatsumi
It's misleading to interpret Japan's record-high defense budget as a sign of "remilitarization."

August 22, 2015

Japan Can't Ignore Rising Tensions in Korea

By Yuki Tatsumi
Even with tension rising on the Korean Peninsula, the Japanese opposition is keeping an inward focus.

August 14, 2015

Why You Should Listen to What Japan's Emperor Says on August 15

By Yuki Tatsumi
What we will hear from Emperor Akihito on August 15 will be equally—if not more—important than the Abe Statement.

August 08, 2015

Japan History Commission Acknowledges 'Aggression,' Lessons Learned from WW2

By Yuki Tatsumi
The Kitaoka Commission report sets the tone for Abe’s World War II 70th anniversary statement.
July 24, 2015

Great Expectations During Japan Military Chief's US Visit

By Yuki Tatsumi
Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano got the red-carpet treatment during his visit to the U.S.

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