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Order from Chaos

Why Shinzo Abe faces an uphill battle to revise Japan’s constitution

Adam P. Liff and Ko Maeda

Saturday, December 15, 2018

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd R), who is also ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader, raises hands with coalition Komeito Party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi atop of campaign van at Tokyo's Shibuya district in Tokyo, Japan September 28, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai - RC1E5CA0BCF0

Japan

Japan's LDP–Komeito Government in a mixed electoral system

Adam P. Liff and Ko Maeda

Japanese Journal of Political Science Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walks down steps as he leaves the APEC Summit in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea November 18, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray

Order from Chaos

Japan’s National Security Council at five

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

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India

Why Jack Ma the ‘Communist’ shouldn’t surprise anyone

Ananth Krishnan

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Reports

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force CH-47 Chinook helicopter collects water from the ocean to drop on the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Fukushima March 17, 2011. Operators of the quake-crippled nuclear plant in Japan again deployed military helicopters on Thursday in a bid to douse overheating reactors, as U.S. officials warned of the rising risk of a catastrophic radiation leak from spent fuel rods. REUTERS/Yomiuri (JAPAN - Tags: MILITARY DISASTER ENVIRONMENT ENERGY IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN - GM1E73H0VIG01

Report

Japan's current air defense readiness and new methods for air policing

September 2018

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), smiles during a news conference after Japan's lower house election, at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, Japan October 22, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon - RC16A76A3030

India

A Confluence of Two Strategies: The Japan-India Security Partnership in the Indo-Pacific

Dhruva Jaishankar

Monday, April 23, 2018

Mid adult Japanese businesswoman using laptop computer with two colleagues in business meeting

Gender

Lessons from the rise of women’s labor force participation in Japan

Jay Shambaugh, Ryan Nunn, and Becca Portman

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

A soldier salutes from atop an armoured vehicle as it drives past the stand with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of country's founding father Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang April 15, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj - RTS12E3O

North Korea

Averting catastrophe: U.S. policy options for North Korea

John R. Allen, Richard C. Bush, Robert Einhorn, Steven Pifer, Jonathan D. Pollack, Evans J.R. Revere, Tarun Chhabra, and Bruce Jones

April 2017

Picture of a poster of Japanese fighter planes.

Report

Japan’s future defense equipment policy

Col. Hiroyuki Sugai

October 2016

Blog Posts

Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China September 4, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj - S1AETZIEOYAA

Order from Chaos

Abe in Beijing: The quiet accommodation in China-Japan relations

Jonathan D. Pollack

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stands in front of Japan's national flag after his ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) annual party convention in Tokyo, Japan, March 5, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai - RC1EEE131EC0

Order from Chaos

Around the halls: Experts discuss Japan’s role in North Korea diplomacy

Bruce Jones, Mireya Solís, Richard C. Bush, and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un before their bilateral meeting at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1BD9794C10

Order from Chaos

Second summit, second chance

Thursday, October 18, 2018

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Events

Taming Japan’s deflation

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Asia Transnational Threats Forum: Counterterrorism in Asia

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Briefing by Ambassador Kenji Hiramatsu on Prime Minister Modi’s Visit to Japan

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

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2017

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Japan’s Development Assistance: Foreign Aid and the Post-2015 Agenda

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2015

The Perils of Proximity

By Richard C. Bush

2010

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