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Japan’s Official Security Assistance: The Sleeping Giant Stirs?

Japan’s Official Security Assistance: The Sleeping Giant Stirs?

By James Kaizuka
Tokyo’s new security framework plays to Japan’s existing strengths by deepening existing partnerships, but remains constrained by long-standing norms and sensitivities. 
5 Challenges for the US-South Korea Alliance

5 Challenges for the US-South Korea Alliance

By Troy Stangarone
The next decade may present the U.S.-Korea alliance -- which soon marks 70 years -- with more profound changes than any prior decade. 

The Underestimated Strength of Kishida Fumio

The Underestimated Strength of Kishida Fumio

By Jio Kamata
Kishida’s paramount political asset may be his harmless persona.

US, Japan, South Korea Conduct Joint Anti-submarine Exercise 

US, Japan, South Korea Conduct Joint Anti-submarine Exercise 

By Takahashi Kosuke
The trilateral exercise simulated a military response against a North Korean submarine attack.

Kishida’s India Trip: A Reiteration of Strong India-Japan Ties

Kishida’s India Trip: A Reiteration of Strong India-Japan Ties

By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
India and Japan’s shared concerns about China are a key driver of their growing relationship. 
Japan Severely Lags on Reproductive Rights 

Japan Severely Lags on Reproductive Rights 

By Moe Shiojiri
While reproductive rights are a highly politicized topic in the United States, there is minimal discourse in Japan on the subject.

Hard Security Back in Focus at the Quad Foreign Ministers Meet

Hard Security Back in Focus at the Quad Foreign Ministers Meet

By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
It is relatively easy to establish coalitions to work on non-traditional security issues, but nurturing a group to focus on security issues as the core is not easy, especially for countries like India.
Japan Briefs Pacific Islands on Fukushima Wastewater Release Plan

Japan Briefs Pacific Islands on Fukushima Wastewater Release Plan

By Grant Wyeth
For Pacific Islanders, who feel a strong guardianship over the Pacific Ocean, Japan’s plan to release contaminated water into the ocean is of critical importance. 

More of the Same or Different? Japan’s New Security and Defense Policy

More of the Same or Different? Japan’s New Security and Defense Policy

By Guibourg Delamotte and Hideo Suzuki
With new defense budget ambitions and revised security documents, Japan’s current security policies reflect both continuity and change. 

What’s Behind Proposed Changes to US Marine Deployments in Okinawa?

What’s Behind Proposed Changes to US Marine Deployments in Okinawa?

By Christopher Edward Carroll
Japan and the U.S. are actively taking note of changes in China’s naval and air capabilities in the region and making changes of their own.

South Korea Plans Fund to Compensate Forced Labor Victims

South Korea Plans Fund to Compensate Forced Labor Victims

By Kim Tong-hyung
Ties between the two U.S. Asian allies have long been complicated by grievances related to Japan's brutal rule of the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945.
Veer Guardian 2023: Maiden India-Japan Air Exercise to Begin

Veer Guardian 2023: Maiden India-Japan Air Exercise to Begin

By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
The China factor has steadied the two nations' strategic partnership, despite their differences of opinion on other matters.

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