The Coming China-Japan Thaw?
Author: Daniel Bob, Tomohiko Taniguchi
Categories: In the News
Are Japan-China relations beginning to improve? Recent developments have led some observers to conclude that is the case, but the future of bilateral relations remains hazy.
Tags: China, Japan, japan-china relations, OBOR, One Belt One Road initiative
U.S.-Japan Approaches to Democracy Promotion
Author: Daniel Bob, Michael Auslin, Larry Diamond, David J. Kramer, Yasunobu Sato, Tsuneo Akaha, David I. Steinberg, Aung Din, Richard C. Kraemer, Mitsugi Endo
March 24, 2017
Cooperation to support democratic development should be an important component of the U.S.-Japan Alliance, and this volume is intended both to endorse it and to propose practical measures for both countries to take.
Tags: democracy, Democracy Support, democratic transition, foreign policy, us-japan cooperation
Encouraging Japan to go nuclear won’t denuclearize North Korea
Author: Daniel Bob
During his Presidential campaign, Donald Trump said that a nuclear-armed Japan might not be a “bad thing” for the United States “because of the threat of North Korea.” In a recent op-ed, Charles Krauthammer seemed to agree. Both are wrong: a nuclear-armed Japan would endanger American—and Japanese—security interests, while only reinforcing North Korea’s determination to keep its nuclear weapons as the key to its survival.
Tags: charles krauthammer, Defense, donald trump, DPRK, icbm, intercontinental ballistic missile, Japan, kim jong-un, Korea, national security, North Korea, Nuclear, Pyongyang, security
A Plan B for the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Author: Daniel Bob
Categories: In the News
Washington is poised to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership with no ready alternative available. One that holds great promise, however, is a bilateral free trade agreement between Japan and the United States.
Tags: Abe, alternatives, Asia Pacific, China, Economy, free trade, Japan, ratify, rcep, TPP, trade, trade agreement, Trans-Pacific Partnership, trump
The Onsen Summit: Why Abe is seeking a settlement from Russia
Author: Tomohiko Taniguchi and Daniel Bob
Categories: In the News, View from Tokyo: Tomo Taniguchi's Take
Vladimir Putin, Russia’s President, is slated to visit Japan on December 15 and 16. He will arrive at a small airport on the western edge of Japan’s main island and stay at a traditional onsen (hot spring) inn located in the hometown of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. There, Messrs. Putin and Abe will hold an unusual tête-à-tête — one between two middle-aged, naked men, bathing in the warm waters of Nagato city.
Tags: Abe, China, Crimea, Japan, japan-russia, japan-russia relations, kuril islands, nagato, Nuclear, onsen, Op-ed, Putin, Russia, shintaro abe, Shinzo Abe, summit, Syria, territorial dispute, the national interest, tomohiko taniguchi, view from tokyo, Vladimir Putin, World War II