China Abe’s Subtle Apology: Can It Help Japan Become ‘Normal’? September 1, 2015 0 Written by Niv Horesh. Visitors to Japan can feel this is a country undergoing an identity crisis. After more than two decades of economic stagnation,…
China Abe’s statement on the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII and Sino-Japanese relations August 17, 2015 0 Written by Karl Gustafsson. On 14 August, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivered his long anticipated statement on the 70th anniversary of the end of the…
China-Japan Don’t Blame Abe…Help Him! April 9, 2015 0 Written by Zhiqun Zhu Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been portrayed as a staunch nationalist bent on revising Japan’s pacifist Constitution. From visiting the…
Collective Defence ISIS and Abe’s security agenda February 11, 2015 0 Written by Sebastian Maslow. Japan was shocked by the killings of freelance journalist Kenji Goto and security consultant Haruna Yukawa by the terrorist group known as…
Collective Defence Tokyo expands its options beyond the US-Japan alliance September 6, 2014 0 Written by Alex Calvo. When discussing Japan's 'normalization' as a military power, one of the aspects we need to consider is Tokyo's growing range of…
Collective Defence Abe’s Cabinet Reshuffle: Implications for Collective Self-Defence Legislation September 5, 2014 0 Written by Corey Wallace. The July 1 cabinet declaration was a critical symbolic change in how the Japanese government conceptualises the spheres of action the…
Collective Defence Interpreting Japan’s right to collective self-defense September 4, 2014 0 Written by Kei Koga. The Abe administration’s reinterpretation of the right of collective self-defense on July 1, 2014 has become the center of political attention…
Collective Defence Japan’s Security (R)evolution September 3, 2014 0 Written by Sebastian Maslow. Since his comeback as prime minister in December 2012, Abe Shinzo has vigorously pushed for a redesign of Japan’s security system.…
Collective Defence Abe Faces China September 2, 2014 0 Written by June Teufel Dreyer. When Shinzō Abe took over as Japan’s prime minister in September 2012, he became the seventh occupant of that position…
Collective Defence The Democratic Deficit of Collective Self-Defence in Japan September 1, 2014 0 Written by Rikki Kersten. When Prime Minister Abe’s cabinet decided on July 1st to revise the interpretation of the pacifist clause of Japan’s constitution, commentators…
