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Can lessons from Iraq's regime change be applied in Syria?

22.12.2024 30

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Where does South Korea's democracy go from here?

Early Wednesday morning I woke up for some reason and turned on the television — only to be blindsided by the mind-blowing news out of Seoul. Just...

05.12.2024 20

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Has the age of populism finally reached Japan?

For many years, it has been common knowledge that Japan is the only Group of Seven member that is immune to political populism. This conventional...

22.11.2024 40

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What does Trump's victory mean for Japan?

07.11.2024 30

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Japan's October surprise

28.10.2024 30

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Today's Tehran looks a lot like the Tokyo of the 1930s

The idea that “history sometimes rhymes” is always my starting point when analyzing international affairs. Israel appears to be on the brink of...

10.10.2024 70

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The Shigeru Ishiba I personally know

Surpassing many people’s expectations — perhaps even his own — Shigeru Ishiba bested eight other candidates in the Liberal Democratic Party’s...

04.10.2024 40

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How Japan-U.S. election coverage differs

I started writing this article from Washington in the early morning hours. What I wanted to do while in the U.S. this time was to examine the...

13.09.2024 40

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A high school baseball championship and Japan-South Korea relations

One of Japan's summer traditions is the National High School Baseball Championship tournament held every year at Koshien Stadium. Readers who do not...

03.09.2024 40

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Japan-U.S. alliance transforms with concrete 'two-plus-two' talks

The "two-plus-two" security talks between the foreign and defense ministers of the U.S. and Japan in Tokyo last month were a pleasant surprise and out...

07.08.2024 40

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Unpacking America's puzzling election dynamics

Several weeks have passed since last month's televised debate between U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, who was just...

19.07.2024 40

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How long do the memories of a generation last?

Two weeks ago, I was in Seoul and wrote about South Korea’s 386 Generation. This anti-American, anti-Japanese, pro-communist generation is, as I see...

05.07.2024 20

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Putin’s Pyongyang visit, pivotal talks and a generational shift reshape regional dynamics

In recent weeks, geo-strategic tensions in Northeast Asia have quietly, yet surely, deepened. On June 13 and 14, another round of an Extended...

23.06.2024 30

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The Taiwan question: 'Strategic ambiguity' and U.S. foreign policy

At the National People's Congress in March, China appeared to be toughening its stance on Taiwan by removing a key adjective from its official...

11.06.2024 20

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Can Japan and China bridge their ever-widening ‘perception gap’?

I am writing this from Guangzhou, my first such trip to mainland China in nearly seven years, visiting Beijing and regions along the Pearl River,...

15.05.2024 90

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Japan’s shrinking population is a big problem for the nation

Of the 1,729 local municipalities in Japan, 744 are "likely to vanish" by 2050, according to a report released this week at a symposium by the...

26.04.2024 100

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Kishida's U.S. state visit may be a turning point in the nation's foreign policy

No other politician has such a wide "perception gap" in his home country and abroad than Fumio Kishida. The prime minister, on a state visit to the...

11.04.2024 20

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After Russia, is China the Islamic State's next target?

On March 22, just five days after Vladimir Putin won his fifth presidential election, terrorists struck Russia, killing over 140 people, with many...

29.03.2024 20

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What is being missed about the funding scandal

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party appears to be facing its biggest crisis since its inception in 1955. Amid a series of so-called politics and...

18.03.2024 40

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Wake up America! What happened to your exceptionalism?

Once again, the U.S. presidential election cycle is in full swing. What would have been inconceivable just a decade ago is actually happening this...

29.02.2024 50

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Mr. Xi, only change will help China weather the storm

Dear President Xi Jinping, It has been a few years since I wrote my last letters to you, in 2021 and 2022. It goes without saying that I was well...

15.02.2024 20

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As the U.S. and Iran inch toward war, Tokyo bickers about political factions

Until very recently, I was rather optimistic that the United States and Iran would avoid a direct war. Although Tehran may not have directed Hamas to...

02.02.2024 20

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Taiwan's election and its potential impact on East Asian politics

In democratic nations, there are consequential elections that alter the trajectory of politics. The December 2012 general election in Japan, which...

18.01.2024 30

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Eliminating factions isn’t the answer to the funding scandal

Who could have predicted that 2024 would dawn with a large earthquake and major aircraft accident? For many in Japan, it has been a sad and...

17.01.2024 30

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'Strategic Communication' is a missing link in Japan's crisis management

Once again, so many Japanese have been torched online in 2023 for being tone-deaf. The chairman of Keidanren, for example, when asked in December...

21.12.2023 20

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If Kissinger was serving as the U.S. secretary of state

Last week, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger passed away at the age of 100. Although he has been both praised and criticized globally, I...

07.12.2023 20

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