ResearchResearch Activities

IOG conducts research across five key themes: China, Europe and the United States, economic security, international security order, and emerging technologies. These activities are summarized through essays written by IOG researchers, offering in-depth analysis and insights on these critical areas.
Security
The Case for Underground Defense: Japan’s Military Lessons from the Iran War

As the Japanese government prepares to revise its three national security documents later this year, the debate over its defense s

Research Fellow

Rintaro Inoue

Politics and Economics
Strategy Amidst Weaponized Economics

What Were the Key Takeaways from Prime Minister Takaichi's Visit to India? / The Strategic Synergy Between PM Takaichi and PM Modi

Visiting Research Fellow

Manish Sharma

Politics and Economics
Japan and India: Historic Strategic Convergence

The most consequential development over the past month was Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's first official visit to India,

Visiting Research Fellow

Manish Sharma

Diplomacy
Japan positioned to link U.S. and Europe in a fragmented world

In a promotional video for his book “Defending Taiwan,” Eyck Freymann argues that China is using Japan as a testing ground for new

Senior Research Fellow

Hitoshi Suzuki

Diplomacy
Taiwan, Chips, and the Next Economic Shock

[Podcast] #36 Taiwan, Chips, and the Next Economic Shock Paul Nadeau Visiting Research Fellow Eyck Freymann Visiting Researc

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Economic Security
China’s Rare Earth Export Controls: “International Rules” Orientation and the Avant-Garde Use of Security Exceptions

This article was originally published (in Japanese) in the May 2026 issue of Overseas Investment and Finance (Kaigai Toyushi). htt

Senior Research Fellow

Kenichi Doi

Diplomacy
The Iran-U.S. MOU Offers a Reprieve, but Not Relief

IOG Economic Intelligence Report (Vol. 5 No. 12)

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Emerging Technology
Japan’s manufacturing sector and the race for physical AI

Japan wants to turn its factory floors into the proving ground for the next frontier of artificial intelligence. The question is w

Group Head, Emerging Technologies

Makoto Shiono

Economic Security
Strategy Amidst Weaponized Economics

How Korea Learned to Navigate Weaponized Economics / Europe's Response: From Dependence to Resilience / Can Middle Powers Shape th

Group Head, Europe & Americas

Yuichi Hosoya

Security
Japan lays the groundwork for submarine cable resilience

By Anna Oriishi, Institute for Information and Communications Policy Beneath the oceans, out of sight and mostly out of mind, lie

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