Reports
Japan-U.S. Public Diplomacy: Built on Mutual Trust and Shared Values
Author: Takehiro Shimada
Minister Takehiro Shimada reflects on his two tours at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C. and the various programs he has been a part of. He describes in detail work that has been done to benefit the Japan-U.S. relationship including relations between the two countries leaders, assistance initiatives, public diplomacy efforts, and optimism for the future.
National Security Strategy for 5G: Findings & Recommendations on Meeting the 5G Challenge
Author: Trilateral Cyber Security Commission
Categories: Cybersecurity
The Trilateral Cyber Security Commission was formed to make recommendations to the governments of the United States, Japan, and like-minded European countries individually and collectively to improve the security of their information networks. Some of the most critical challenges to all these countries are the economic and security risks of future 5G networks. These rapidly developing networks will become a new and dominant form of critical infrastructure.
Tags: 5G, cyber security, Trilateral Cyber Security Commission
Books
Managing the U.S.-Japan Alliance: An Examination of Structural Linkages in the Security Relationship (Second Edition)
Author: Dr. Jeffrey W. Hornung
Recent changes on both sides of the Pacific Ocean have helped make the U.S.-Japan alliance the strongest it has ever been. This book explores the structural linkages in the U.S.-Japan alliance among the institutional actors—both policy and operational—that communicate and coordinate with one another.
Tags: Asia Pacific, communications, coordination, donald trump, dr. jeffrey hornung, PACAF, Shinzo Abe, sofa, structural linkages, U.S.-Japan Alliance, U.S.-Japan cooperation, U.S.-Japan Defense Cooperation, u.s.-japan relations
The New National Defense Program Guidelines: Aligning U.S. and Japanese Defense Strategies for the Third Post-Cold War Era
Author: Dr. Sayuri Romei, Mr. James Schoff, Dr. Eric Heginbotham, Lt. Gen. Koichi Isobe (ret.), Mr. Masanori Nishi, Mr. Kaleb Redden, Ms. Nina Wagner
In The New National Defense Program Guidelines: Aligning U.S. and Japanese Defense Strategies for the Third Post-Cold War Era, a bilateral group of Japanese and American scholars and former defense officials examine the policy implications of the new NDPG. In a collection of papers, they analyze the global changes in the post-Cold War security environment that stimulated adjustments to Japan’s defense policy, identify the common challenges faced by the two allies, and emphasize the opportunities for cooperation between the United States and Japan.
Tags: Abe, Japan, national defense program guidelines, NDPG, security, Shinzo Abe, us-japan alliance
Commentary & Analysis
U.S.-Japan Cooperation in the Pacific:
75 Years After the End of the Pacific War
Author: Patricia O’Brien
To download this paper as a PDF, please click here. The 75th anniversary in 2020 of the Pacific War’s conclusion presents a salient opportunity to evaluate the contemporary relationship of the two leading adversaries of that conflict, the United States and Japan. This complex, bilateral relationship has evolved in myriad ways since 1945. Nowhere is
Japan-U.S. Cooperation After the Coronavirus Pandemic:
From a Security Perspective
Author: Hidetoshi Hirata
Categories: A Vision for Post COVID-19 U.S.-Japan Relations
Hidetoshi Hirata, Lt. General (retired), Japan Air Self-Defense Force, examines U.S.-Japan cooperation post-COVID-19 from a security perspective, providing an analysis on challenges and emerging threats to the U.S. and Japan, changes in the security environment due to COVID-19, competition continuum, and what the future of U.S.-Japan cooperation looks like.
Tags: competition continuum, COVID-19, security alliance, U.S.-Japan Alliance
Issue Briefs
Japan’s Demographic Challenge
Underlying Japan’s long-term economic struggles is profound demographic change. With a combination of low birthrates and the world’s longest life expectancy, Japan’s population is rapidly greying and shrinking. This demographic revolution has already had significant effects on macroeconomic conditions and consumption patterns as well as the health of the social safety net. It has dramatically affected communities outside of Japan’s major cities, because rural areas have aged faster than the country as a whole, threatening their future viability. It may also be forcing Japan to update its immigration and family policies to limit the impact of demographic change.
Tags: birth rate, declining workforce, demographics, issue briefs, Japan, population, population decline
Collective Self-Defense
The right of “collective self-defense” was enshrined in Article 51 of the 1945 United Nations Charter. It refers to the right of all UN countries to use military force to defend other member nations from attack. It has provided the basis for all UN-authorized military operations, from the Korean War onwards.
Tags: article 9, China, Collective Self-Defense, Defense, defense guidelines, issue briefs, Japan, LDP, Shinzo Abe, South Korea, us-japan relationship