With plans for 12 new car models and a semiconductor shortage in the fallout of the supply chain issues accompanying the pandemic, there are big challenges...
Japan must work with G7 and the Quad to rebuild supply chains and prevent the outflow of technology.
There is now a real concern that China is moving away from merely “theoretical talk” about enforcing unification with Taiwan to actually contemplating and planning military...
Has Japan learned the obvious? “Never put a nation’s industrial base at the mercy of an increasingly arrogant and hostile potential enemy like China.” --Larry Wortzel
As the Philippines sheds a misguided policy of conciliation toward China, opportunities are opening up for investment opportunities and a broad new relationship with Japan and...
UPDATE: The Ever Given has been partially refloated. Nevertheless, economic damage has been done as the Suez Canal carries the crude oil and other products that...
The Quad is leading the way to create a digital Indo-Pacific with strong institutions and a digital architecture that is free, transparent, inclusive and democratic, therefore...
Any surge in demand for rare metals could result in China, which controls production, expanding its global influence. Development of alternatives is a must for Japan...
~The biggest issue that Japan has to urgently address is that of its economic ties vis-à-vis China. In the process, the economic ties are sure...
Territorial disputes are rarely settled peacefully through discussion. It is about time for Japan to recognize the threat that China poses, and change tactics. ...
~What are the possible gains and losses from the RCEP for Japan?~ Finally, after a lot of wrangling and long-drawn discussions, the RCEP (Regional...
Japan, China, South Korea, and other nations including the ASEAN member states signed a major trade deal – the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) –...
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