China’s Strategic Assessment of Japan
Chinese policymakers’ distrust of Japan could deepen the political chasm between the two countries, as Japan is at the cusp of a leadership change.
- Mayuri Banerjee
- September 18, 2024
Chinese policymakers’ distrust of Japan could deepen the political chasm between the two countries, as Japan is at the cusp of a leadership change.
Fumio Kishida can justly be regarded as a worthy inheritor of Shinzo Abe’s key policies.
Japan’s path to recovery from the economic ‘lost decades’ is obstructed by a deepening currency crisis.
Emperor Naruhito’s Visits to Indonesia and the UK in Context
Two recent cases involving internal and external data breaches in leading telecom companies shine a spotlight on Japan’s policy for the protection of private user data.
Japan’s diplomatic engagement with Pacific Island Countries, while substantive, has not addressed their core needs.
Japan made great strides towards developing an independent foreign policy, even as it hewed closer to the Global North’s positions on the burning issues of 2023.
The revised National Security Strategy makes a cogent case of Japan’s evolving character as a decisive security actor. The conversation in Tokyo demonstrates a renewed sense of urgency in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sino-US strategic contest, and post-pandemic mainstreaming of economic security.
The Philippines became the first Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member state to sign a defence pact with Japan.



