Japan is facing its most severe security environment since World War II as three potential adversaries in East Asia – China, ...

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 ...

Good morning. Shigeru Ishiba says he’ll stay put—despite a historic election setback. Some investors worry that disappointing ...

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.

It has become certain that Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner, ...

The Japan Self-Defense Force has missed its recruitment goal for the last several years and is struggling to meet those goals ...

Tokyo. The governing coalition of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was on the verge of losing a majority in the smaller of Japan ...

Japan has raised strong caution about China’s rapid acceleration of military activity in extensive areas from around its ...

Japan's new foreign policy outlook signals that the country isready to move from a purely self-defense security strategytoward regional concerns, particularly challenges posed byChina and North ...

Japan’s challenges balancing national security and economics According to a recent Finance Ministry announcement, supermarkets are among the 2,102 companies that will be subject to security ...

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 ...

Sustaining a Fragile Recovery. 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 ...