The Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG) / Research / Japan

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Research on Japan

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A Looming Crisis in U.S. Science and Technology: The Case of NASA’s Science Budget

Barely six months into the second Trump admin…

Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

Event Report: Nuclear Weapons, Eighty Years After the War and the Atomic Bombings

On August 23, the Institute of Geoeconomics h…

Exporting Frigates to Australia (Part III: Implications for Defense Equipment Transfer Policy)

The greatest implication for Japan’s defense …

Research Associate

Rintaro Inoue

Exporting Frigates to Australia (Part I: Why Japan Won the Bid)

Will the only way to distinguish between Aust…

Research Associate

Rintaro Inoue

Beyond a Zero-Sum Approach to U.S.-Japan Defense Burden Sharing

The Trump administration’s policy of pressing…

Senior Research Fellow

Hirohito Ogi

Japan’s Space Domain Defense Guidelines: Background, Key Features, and Policy Implications

On July 28, 2025, Japan's Ministry of Defense…

Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

US Trade Agreements: Japan, the EU, and Global Trends

US-Japan Trade Agreement: Initial Impressions…

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Japan’s Upper House Election: Political Fragmentation and Growing Instability

Japan's upper house (House of Councillors) el…

Research Fellow

Yusuke Ishikawa

Japan’s Upper House Election and Its Impact on Diplomacy and Tariff Talks: Dr. Míreya Solis Explains

今回の参議院選挙の結果は石破現政権にとってどのような意味を持つのでしょうか。 What d…

Understanding Japan’s Upper House Election Results with IOG Director Kazuto Suzuki

今回の参議院選挙の結果を教えてください What was the result of th…

Director & Group Head, Economic Security

Kazuto Suzuki

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