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China-Japan Relations

March 18, 2022
Japan’s National Security Strategy: A Delicate Task
By KAWASHIMA Shin
Japan has to think carefully about how it wants to phrase its relationship with China.

February 28, 2022
Japan’s Diet Resolution on the Uyghur Crisis
By KAWASHIMA Shin
Striking a balance, or a half-baked measure?

December 23, 2021
Is There a Kishida Doctrine?
By Jeff Kingston
Even from retirement, former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo continues to cast a long shadow over Japan’s foreign policy.

October 16, 2021
How Will Japan’s Cybersecurity Posture Impact its Relations With China?
By Thomas Glucksmann
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?

April 16, 2021
Japan Faces Growing Pressure to Rethink Releasing Fukushima’s Wastewater into Ocean
By Thisanka Siripala
China and South Korea have reacted strongly to the Japanese government’s decision to release contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactor.

April 10, 2021
Ping Pong Diplomacy: Made in Japan
By John Darwin Van Fleet
Remembering the Chinese, Japanese, and American table tennis players who paved the way for a historic diplomatic opening.

April 07, 2021
Is the China-Japan Thaw Over?
By Shannon Tiezzi
A year after what was supposed to be a landmark in the renewed relationship, rhetoric from both Beijing and Tokyo is increasingly frosty.

March 17, 2021
China’s Worrying New Coast Guard Law
By KAWASHIMA Shin
Japan is watching the Senkaku Islands closely.

December 19, 2020
Is Japan Immune From China’s Media Influence Operations?
By Maiko Ichihara
Efforts to boost pro-China narratives in Japan haven’t received much attention – but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist.

December 06, 2020
Media Flubs Reporting on China’s Senkaku Comments
By Shin Kawashima
Reports on controversial comments by China’s foreign minister miss some key details.

November 24, 2020
China’s Foreign Minister Arrives in Japan, Hoping to Keep Relations Steady
By Shannon Tiezzi
Wang Yi’s trip marks Beijing’s first high-level engagement with the new Suga administration.

October 10, 2020
The Japan–China Summit Telephone Conference
By Shin Kawashima
What did the new Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga talk about with his Chinese counterpart?
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