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.

Diplomacy
Japan-South Korea Relations & Surrounding Security Challenges
South Korea's domestic debate on nuclear weap…

Managing Director (Representative Director), International House of Japan
Ken Jimbo

Diplomacy
Impact of the war in Ukraine sees Japan at the mercy of bigger players
Due to Ukraine’s remarkable counteroffensive,…

Senior Research Fellow
Hirohito Ogi

Economic Security
Japanese carmakers face continuing risks in the Russian market
Ever since the era of the Cold War, when auto…

Senior Research Fellow
Hitoshi Suzuki

Diplomacy
How can Japan engage with Pacific nations amid U.S.-China competition?
KURUMADA Shuichi Visiting Fellow, Asia Pacif…

Diplomacy
How the Taiwan issue represents the U.S. and China’s battle for legitimacy
When U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited …

Senior Fellow & Group Head, China
Naoko Eto

Security
China faces challenges in wake of Pelosi’s Taiwan visit
YAMAGUCHI Shinji Project researcher, Institu…

Diplomacy
What did Nancy Pelosi’s visit do for Taiwan?
OGASAWARA Yoshiyuki Professor, The Institute…

Diplomacy
How effective are the West’s sanctions on Russia?
The previous three Geoeconomic Briefing serie…

Director & Group Head, Economic Security
Kazuto Suzuki

Security
Does the conflict in Ukraine represent a ‘new war’?
KOIZUMI Yu Lecturer, Research Center for Adv…

Diplomacy
Japan has much to learn from Taiwan’s countering of China’s sharp power
HUANG Wei-Hsin project researcher, Institute…
Ranking
- The Lessons of the Nippon Steel Saga2025.07.08
- Why the EU economy faces hard choices between Trump and China2025.07.24
- Japan’s Upper House Election: Political Fragmentation and Growing Instability2025.07.25
- DOGE Shock and Crisis in U.S. Credibility2025.07.14
- India’s Strategic Autonomy in a Trumpian World2025.07.11
Other Research
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