International Affairs Forum

Fri. December 14, 2018

Social Media: Asia/Pacific: East/Pacific: Japan

61-90 Social Media articles displayed
for the Asia/Pacific/East/Pacific/Japan Region

Aircraft now a priority for Taiwan, experts urge

As the US and Japan are readjusting their military strategy, Taiwan is being urged to build up its maritime-patrol aircraft force, given China's increasingly active navy. (Rich Chang, Taipei Times, 2/... Read More...

China accuses US and Japan of interfering

China criticized the US and Japan's joint security statement regarding the Taiwan Strait issue, accusing the two countries of meddling in its affairs. (Jim Yardley and Keith Bradsher, New York Times, ... Read More...

US, Japan talk about Taiwan's safety

The allies wish to maintain stability in the Asia Pacific region, with the cross-strait relations being an important point of the discussion that took place between the two countries. (Charles Snyder,... Read More...

China denounces United States-Japan Agreement on Taiwan

China claims to see the US and Japan declaration that the peaceful resolution of the Taiwan Strait issue is a shared goal as meddling its internal affairs, as well as hurting China's sovereignty. (Kei... Read More...

Taiwan protests Taioyutai takeover

The Japanese government has taken control of a lighthouse built on a group of islands between Taiwan and Japan, much to the displeasure of both Taiwan and China (Taipei Times, 2/11/05) Read More...

China's stoking the fire

The writer harshly criticizes China's attitude towards Japan, Taiwan, and its own citizens, and describes China as working against itself. (Marc Plumb, Taipei Times, 2/3/05) Read More...

Contrivance Concealed in 'Orange Juice'

The author believes that, despite Russia's public statements, it will take some time for Russian-Japanese relations to break the deadlock regarding territorial issues. (People's Daily, 11/18/2004) Read More...

Thaw Chilly Relationship with Japan

The author blames Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and his administration for the long-standing "politically cold and economically warm" relationship between Japan and China. By Fang Zhou. (C... Read More...

Representative Democracy and Military Policy in Postwar Japan

By Jason Gottlieb. (1/16/1996) Read More...

A Global Power Shift in the Making

Global power shifts happen rarely and are even less often peaceful. Washington must take heed: Asia is rising fast, with its growing economic power translating into political and military strength. Th... Read More...

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Japan's New Nationalism

Recently, however, discussions that were once taboo -- including whether to rearm or even develop nuclear weapons -- have moved into the Japanese mainstream. By Eugene A. Matthews. (Foreign Affairs, 1... Read More...

A renewed force in Asia

After over years of recession, the Japanese economy looks like it may finally be picking up again, although questions of sustainable growth still remain. (The Economist, 2/18/2006) Read More...

Institution-building for Technology Innovation in Developing Countries

Presentation given by Prof. V. K. Samaranake, Director, Univeristy of Colombo School of Computing, Sri Lanka. (Belfer Center, 1/1/2003) Read More...

Japan's Emergency Legislation and the War on Terrorism

The two issues that form the pillar of importance in national security, countermeasures against terrorism and emergency legislation, have been hot topics not only in the Japanese Diet session but also... Read More...

A Land without Patriots: The Yasukuni Controversy and Japanese Nationalism

(World Policy Journal, 9/1/2001) Read More...

Are U.S. Troops in Japan Needed? Reforming the Alliance

Americans see the presence of U.S. troops in Japan as a gracious favor. Well, it's time for the Americans to go home. By Morihiro Hosokawa. (Foreign Affairs, 7/1/1998, $) Read More...

In Defense of Japanese Bureaucracy

In Japan, where society's stability takes precedence over the economy, the bureaucrats' caution, bred by past traumas, is not as foolish as many Westerners think. Defending the bureaucrats is wiser th... Read More...

Japan, The Reluctant Reformer

If Japan's charismatic new leader cannot push through fundamental reforms, capital flight and emigration could be the public's next moves. By Leonard J. Schoppa. (Foreign Affairs, 9/1/2001, $) Read More...

Japan's Security Environment

(Brookings Institute, 3/1/2002) Read More...

The Unraveling of Japan Inc.: Multinationals as Agents of Change

High growth in postwar Japan depended on shared sacrifice. Today Japan's multinationals go wherever profits take them, while consumers demand more. By Michael Hirsh and E. Keith Henry. (Foreign Affa... Read More...

U.S.-Japan Relations

A Presentation by His Excellency Kunihiko Saito, Japanese Ambassador to the United States (Nixon Center, 10/20/1998) Read More...

Japan's diplomatic needs

(Japan Times, 10/7/2003) Read More...

New Dynamics in Northeast Asia: The Russian Factor

This paper seeks to position Russia within the North Asia region and offers a new definition of Pacific Russia, a concept that covers both the Russian Far East and Eastern Siberia and discusses some o... Read More...