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The U.S.-Japan Alliance: Reform and Uncertainty

Japan is a nation in flux. Economically, the government is struggling to stoke growth with expansionary monetary policy and reform; demographically, [...] More

U.S.-Japan Defense Relations Under Trump

During the 2016 U.S. presidential contest, Donald Trump was highly critical of the structure and costs of the U.S.-Japan mutual defense relationship [...] More

Trump and East Asia: Moving from Campaign Mode to Governing

After a presidential campaign peppered with accusations of inadequate burden-sharing by Japan in its security relationship with the United States, [...] More

Red Sun Rising

Narushige Michishita, an Asian security expert at the Woodrow Wilson Center, discusses Japan’s new national security law and how it could affect [...] More

Abenomics

In late September, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe unveiled his “three new arrows” of economic reform, indicating that the first phase of what is [...] More

Military Modernization

Jim Schoff is a Senior Associate with the Carnegie Asia Program. Schoff spoke with The Cipher Brief about Japan’s new national security law and its [...] More

Implications for Western Firms

Thomas Cynkin spoke with The Cipher Brief about Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s recent economic reforms. Dr. Cynkin discussed potential sectors [...] More

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