Six Reasons Why Shinzo Abe Could Make Another Comeback
Japan handles political transitions with enviable speed and lack of drama
The Abe Legacy: How Japan Got Its Mojo Back
Abe understands the dictum of novelist Giuseppe di Lampedusa – “for things to remain the same, everything must change.”
The Geopolitics of Travel Bubbles
The highlight was receiving an illicit cup of coffee
Hong Kong Crackdown: Implications for Japan
If Hong Kong ceases to exist in the form that has become familiar over the past forty years, what will replace it?
Japan After the Virus: From Abenomics to Coronanomics
Everyone will live in its shadow, knowing that there could be a repeat any time.
The Virus Shock: Cut Taxes Now to Save Abenomics!
Bond markets are imploring governments to issue more bonds – in other words, to borrow more money.
2020: Get Ready for the Geopolitical Olympics
Thanks to geography, Japan is on the front line, like it or not.
Intelligence Reforms: Time for a Japanese James Bond
Not for nothing was Japan known as “a paradise for spies.”
Can Japan Become the Sixth Eye?
With a new Asia-focused Cold War taking shape, the idea that capital should flow across borders unimpeded is for the birds
In the New Cold War, Japan and South Korea will be on different sides
Trade has already been weaponized in East Asia – and so, of course, has history.