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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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July 16, 2015

Japan's New Security Legislation: A Missed Opportunity

By Yuki Tatsumi
By focusing solely on constitutionality, Japan missed the opportunity for a frank debate on its actual security policy.
June 24, 2015

Abe’s Okinawa Problem

By Yuki Tatsumi
The deadlock between Tokyo and Okinawa is a vulnerability for the U.S.-Japan alliance writ large.

June 16, 2015

Japan's Defense Reforms and Shinzo Abe's Image Problem

By Yuki Tatsumi
Japan's prime minister has an image problem -- and it stems from his signature national security legislation.

June 06, 2015

The Emerging Japan-Philippines Security Partnership

By Yuki Tatsumi
Closer Japan-Philippines ties effectively complement U.S efforts to expand its regional presence.

June 01, 2015

To Fight Terror, Japan Must Fix Its Intelligence Apparatus

By Yuki Tatsumi
New counter-terror measures are a start, but Japan needs a more holistic approach in its fight against terrorism.
May 22, 2015

What Japan's 'Proactive Contribution to Peace' Looks Like in Nepal

By Yuki Tatsumi and Hana Rudolph
Japan's aid to Nepal has gone largely unnoticed by the international community.

May 16, 2015

The Japanese Defense Reform No One Is Talking About

By Yuki Tatsumi
Don't overlook Japan's "unspoken” defense reform agenda: defense acquisition.
May 07, 2015

Stop Obsessing Over Abe's Congressional Speech

By Yuki Tatsumi
Criticisms of Abe's congressional speech overlook the progress made during the rest of his lengthy U.S. visit.

April 29, 2015

4 Takeaways From the New US-Japan Defense Guidelines

By Yuki Tatsumi
What's new about the Guidelines, and what that actually means for U.S.-Japan cooperation moving forward.

April 24, 2015

Is This What Shinzo Abe Will Say in Washington Next Week?

By Yuki Tatsumi
A lot is riding on Abe's speech before US Congress. His address in Indonesia gives an idea of what to expect.

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