China-Japan Relations

Tensions are rising, and Japan needs to be innovative.

The visit from Japan’s national security chief come two weeks after China called off a foreign ministers’ meeting, citing Tokyo’s criticism of military drills near Taiwan.

Comparing the current crisis to the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis from 1995-96, Japan’s attitude toward China, the U.S., and other like-minded countries has changed significantly.

Much of the West is eulogizing the former Japanese prime minister. In China and South Korea, reactions are far less positive.

The late Japanese prime minister was not popular in China, but some have used his death to emphasize their frustration at being unable to speak freely.

China's official statements expressed shock and sympathy, but social media reactions reflected Abe's unpopular image in China.

Japan has to think carefully about how it wants to phrase its relationship with China.

Striking a balance, or a half-baked measure?

Even from retirement, former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo continues to cast a long shadow over Japan’s foreign policy.

Japan’s new Kishida government seeks to bolster the national response to cyber threats from China, the country’s largest export market. What could go wrong?      

China and South Korea have reacted strongly to the Japanese government’s decision to release contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactor.