Japan

Webinar: Fighting COVID-19: Experiences and lessons from the frontlines in Asia

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, December 23, 2019. Noel Celis/Pool via REUTERS

Mask diplomacy: How coronavirus upended generations of China-Japan antagonism

Cheng Li and Ryan McElveen

Monday, March 9, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask stands near an electronic display showing the Nikkei index outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido/File Photo

COVID-19 may yet rewrite the Abe era in Japan

Mireya Solís

Monday, March 9, 2020

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono (2nd L) talks during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China April 15, 2019. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS

China, Japan, and the art of economic statecraft

Mireya Solís

February 2020

July 11, 2019, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese robot maker Fanuc's arm robot picks and removes a tumbling bottle for a demonstration at the International Food Machinery and Technology Exhibition (FOOMA) in Tokyo on Thursday, July 11, 2019. Some 680 companies exhibit their latest machines for the food processing industry at a four-day trade show. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO) No Use China. No Use Taiwan. No Use Korea. No Use Japan.

Innovation and the transatlantic productivity slowdown: A comparative analysis of R&D and patenting trends in Japan, Germany, and the United States

Dany Bahar and Sebastian Strauss

Monday, January 27, 2020

The Army’s strategy in the Indo-Pacific

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM EST

Washington, DC

FILE PHOTO - A group of disputed islands, Uotsuri island (top), Minamikojima (bottom) and Kitakojima, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China is seen in the East China Sea, in this photo taken by Kyodo September 2012. Mandatory credit. REUTERS/Kyodo/File Photo ATTENTION EDITORS - 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. MANDATORY CREDIT. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN - S1AETIVBNCAA

China, Japan, and the East China Sea: Beijing’s “gray zone” coercion and Tokyo’s response

Adam P. Liff

December 2019

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, New York, U.S., September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC136BC73A00

Reinventing the trading nation: Japan, the United States, and the future of Asia-Pacific trade

Mireya Solís

November 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hold a bilateral meeting during the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, August 25, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC1B90DB2B30

The stress test: Japan in an era of great power competition

Richard C. Bush, Lindsey Ford, Ryan Hass, Adam P. Liff, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Jonathan D. Pollack, Mireya Solís, Bruce Jones, Laura McGhee, and Ted Reinert

October 2019

Japan, Taiwan, and the future of ‘America First’ trade policy

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Washington, DC

South Korean President Moon Jae-In is welcomed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe upon his arrival for a welcome and family photo session at G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool - RC1FCA9B2AB0

South Korea and Japan have more in common than they think

Jung H. Pak and Ethan Jewell

Thursday, September 5, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands as they hold a joint press conference at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 18, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC167DC31850

US-Japan relations in the era of Trump

Mireya Solís

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

China's President Xi Jinping is greeted by Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1EF8A388C0

Japan’s China strategy, the US alliance, and the ‘hedging’ fallacy

Adam P. Liff

Saturday, July 13, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wave on the way to the course to play golf at Mobara Country Club in Mobara, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, Japan May 26, 2019. Kimimasa Mayama/Pool via Reuters - RC15048539F0

Trump’s state visit to Japan

Jonathan D. Pollack

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 26, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC197ADEC1E0

Mr. Trump goes to Tokyo: Behind all the pageantry, undercurrents of concern as tough trade talks loom ahead

Mireya Solís

Friday, May 24, 2019

Mireya Solís will speak at the Sixth Annual Sasakawa USA Security Forum on April 24 about economic influence and competition in the Indo-Pacific region.

Mireya Solís

Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA

The U.S. and Japan flags fly together outside the White House in Washington April 27, 2015. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet with U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday as part of his eight day visit to the United States. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - GF10000074390

Why Japan and the US should strike a quick bilateral trade deal

Mireya Solís

Monday, April 15, 2019

An officer adjusts China's national flag before the ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Summit in Singapore, November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha - RC1C8843E420

Challenges to democracy in East Asia: Democracy and Disorder Podcast Series

Torrey Taussig, Mireya Solís, and Jonathan Stromseth

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C), who is also the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leader, shouts 'Banzai' (cheers) as he raises his hands with members of LDP after winning the leadership vote at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan September 20, 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai - RC1FA0EC7870

Japan’s consolidated democracy in an era of populist turbulence

February 2019

Japan’s role in Asia’s connectivity: Infrastructure finance and digital governance

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST

Washington, DC