East Asia Insights | Japan Under the DPJ
This issue discusses the results of the August 30th general election, which brought a surprising LDP defeat, and the implications of this dramatic change for Japan’s domestic politics and foreign policy.
East Asia Insights | Japan’s Policy Agenda for East Asia
This issue discusses the test which Japanese foreign policy faces as the international system comes to be defined by multipolarity and multilateralism, and Japan’s policy proposals through which they hope to ensure long-term peace, stability, and prosperity in East Asia.
East Asia Insights | Nationalistic Sentiments in Japan and their Foreign Policy Implications
Foreign observers had noticed an increase in Japanese nationalism recently; this growing prominence of public sentiment in Japan is rooted in frustration over dual gaps, one between Japan’s security policy and the reality of today’s world and the second between contemporary Japan and its wartime past.
East Asia Insights | Japan’s Perspective on the Korean Peninsula
This issue discusses the situation on the Korean peninsula, where North Korea’s suspected nuclear weapons program, its missile program, and criminal misconduct act as a threat to the stability in Japan and Northeast Asia.
East Asia Insights | Japan and China at a Crossroads
This issue, in hopes of restructuring bilateral relations between Japan and China and improve the stability of the region, analyzes long-term geopolitical and structural changes that have been taking place in both countries, and around the world for the past two decades.
East Asia Insights | The ASEAN+3 and East Asia Summit: A Two-Tiered Approach to Community Building
This issue traces the background of the annual ASEAN+3 Summit and the first East Asia Summit, and analyzes the future path for East Asia community building.
JCIE Publications | ASEAN-Japan Cooperation: A Foundation for East Asian Community
Experts from around Asia Pacific assess the importance of enhancing the ASEAN-Japan relationship as a step toward building a greater East Asian regional community, and review the history and current status of the bilateral relationship and propose ways in which it can be strengthened.
APAP | Tokyo Forum 2004
The 9th APAP Forum was held in Tokyo on the theme of “Toward East Asian Community Building: New Challenges of Regional Cooperation and Partnership.”
US-Japan Parliamentary Exchange | 2006 Japanese Diet Delegation to the US
The 2006 US-Japan Parliamentary Exchange Program brought the 25th delegation of Japanese Diet members to the US, providing an opportunity for them to speak with members of US Congress, international security experts, and others.
JCIE Publications | Global Action for Health System Strengthening: Policy Recommendations to the G8
This report was submitted to the Japanese and Italian governments in January 2009 for consideration for the 2009 G8 Summit agenda.