This report is part of Strategic Japan, a CSIS Japan Chair initiative featuring analysis by Japan’s leading foreign policy scholars on key regional and global challenges and the implications for the U ...

Leaders of the European Union and Japan have launched an alliance aimed at boosting economic cooperation, defending free ...

By Michael Schiffer The following is a contribution to the Mainichi Shimbun from Michael Schiffer, who served as assistant ...

With Security Challenges Looming, Time for Japan to Step Up. November 13, 2015. By: Roger Cliff. ... “Japan’s Security Role and Capabilities In the 2020s,” will be released on November 13.

Japan is strengthening its defense posture while trying to encourage digital transformation (DX) in the defense realm. CSIS Japan Chair visiting fellow Miki Matsuo examines Japan’s DX initiatives and ...

On July 1, 2022, Chief of Staff of the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF), General IZUTSU Shunji joined Asia Society Policy Salon Tokyo to discuss the security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region ...

It brings Japan to the same level of defense spending of Germany and France, Nikkei Asia reported on Nov. 19. However, Japan’s budget is only a quarter of that of its closest rival, China, the ...

Japan says China’s military has posed serious challenges to its security, citing the first case of a Chinese military ...

Japan and Taiwan can play an important role in areas related to economic security, from supply chain resiliency to safeguarding advanced technologies that could be utilized for national security ...

National security and economic interests are perhaps more tightly bound together than ever before. Japan’s Challenges Balancing National Security and Economics – The Diplomat All Sections Search ...

In the past month, the United States and Japan held a whirlwind of senior meetings, including a virtual summit of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (the U.S., Japan, Australia, and India, aka ...

Japan’s economic rebound from the pandemic-induced contraction has been modest and uneven. Real GDP has grown in fits and starts since the sharp 2020 collapse, and as of Q1 2025, it remains just ...