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East Asia Forum - Amy King on China, Japan still far apart on Asia’s strategic future
In August and September 2015 Japan and China commemorated the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
East Asia Forum - Peter Drysdale on Abe bites the security bullet
As the Japanese Diet moved to secure passage of the Abe government’s new security bills early Saturday morning, disquiet about what this might mean for Japan’s place in the world appears to continue unabated among the Japanese people.
East Asia Forum - Shiro Armstrong on Sino–Japanese economic embrace is warm enough to thaw the politics
China and Japan are locked into each other economically. The bilateral relationship is the third-largest in the world, with a US$340 billion trade relationship in 2014. But even those massive trade and investment figures do not demonstrate just how intertwined the two Asian giants are.
East Asia Forum - Peter Drysdale on The geo-economic potential of the China–Japan relationship
China and Japan already together account for more than a fifth of global output, bigger than the share held by the United States or that of Europe. Contrary to widely held perceptions, the China–Japan economic partnership is one of the biggest in the world.
Professor Veronica Taylor honoured for services to Japanese studies
Professor Veronica Taylor, Dean of the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, has been honoured with a Japanese Foreign Minister's Commendation for 2015 for her work to develop Japanese studies in Australia.
East Asia Forum - Amy King on Abe’s WWII balancing act
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has marked the 70th anniversary of Japan’s World War II surrender with a statement that simultaneously tried to meet the expectations of conservatives in Japan and the expectations of Japan’s Asian neighbours.
East Asia Forum -H.D.P. Envall and Kerri Ng on Will regional tensions shift the deadlock on Okinawa’s military bases?
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may be close to achieving one long-pursued goal, the relocation of the controversial Futenma airbase in Okinawa.
East Asia Forum - Llewelyn Hughes on Japan deserves some praise on climate change
Japan has received some sharp criticism following the G7 meeting in June 2015 for its stance on climate change. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions of 26 per cent below 2013 emission levels by 2030, which is equivalent to 18 per cent less than 1990 emissions.
East Asia Forum - Peter Drysdale on Redefining Japan’s Asia diplomacy
For more than two decades before Shinzo Abe became Japan’s prime minister second time round, Japanese governments had set out no comprehensive strategy for economic reform that took account of the country’s new position in the world. Japan’s economic performance suffered. Its international diplomacy seemed adrift.
East Asia Forum - Tomohiko Satake on Why a strong Japan–Australia relationship matters
Japan–Australia security ties are now stronger than ever. Both countries have a long history of cooperation in multilateral contexts but recently this has been strengthened to include more direct bilateral and trilateral defence cooperation, such as that with the United States.
