Research on #Japan
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Diplomacy
What Takaichi’s Snap Election Landslide Means for Japan’s Defense and Fiscal Policy

Election Results: Key Takeaways and Implications /  Coalition Dynamics: How Partner Shifts Change Policy / Impact on the National

Senior Research Fellow

Hirohito Ogi

Security
Dealing with the America First United States

Introduction: America First is not New / Japan’s Economic Security Efforts / Three Types of Reaction towards the U.S.  / Fundament

Senior Research Fellow

Yoshiyuki Sagara

Diplomacy
Are Firms Ready for Economic Security? Insights from Japan and the Netherlands

Introducing the Economic Security Survey / Survey Findings and Comparison with Japan / Challenges and its Geopolitical Risks / Dif

Senior Research Fellow

Hitoshi Suzuki

Security
Defense Capabilities and Defense Industrial Cooperation in and across the Indo-Pacific

Japan’s Defense Industrial Policy / South Korea’s Defense Industrial Policy / Australia’s Defense Industrial Policy  / Europe’s Re

Senior Research Fellow

Hirohito Ogi

Diplomacy
Geoeconomic Summit Introduction

Geoeconomic Summit Introduction / EU-CPTPP Relationship and International Trade Dynamics  / Dealing With the “America First” Unite

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

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

The Trump administration’s policy of pressing U.S. allies to shoulder more of the defense burden has fueled fears of “abandonment”

Senior Research Fellow

Hirohito Ogi

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

On July 28, 2025, Japan's Ministry of Defense announced the "Space Domain Defense Guidelines" (hereinafter referred to as "the Gui

Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

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

US-Japan Trade Agreement: Initial Impressions and Details / Patterns in Trump's Trade Policies and US-EU Agreement / After Japan a

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

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

Japan's upper house (House of Councillors) election was held on July 20, with half of the seats contested. The long-governing Libe

Research Fellow

Yusuke Ishikawa

Diplomacy
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 does the outcome of this Upper House election mean for the Ishiba administration? / この

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