China A North Korean détente may intensify Sino-Japanese friction July 12, 2018 0 Written by Ulv Hanssen. In the wake of North Korea’s top-level summitry with South Korea and the US, let’s be unfoundedly optimistic and make a…
China The Documents of Nanjing Massacre, Opening up UNESCO as a New Arena for History (Heritage) Wars July 11, 2018 0 Written by Ryoko Nakano. Competition over historical narratives is nothing new in East Asia. But it is increasingly expansive and transnational at a level in…
China Sino-Japanese Relations: Economic and Military Challenges July 11, 2018 0 Written by Robert Taylor. Sino-Japanese relations must be viewed within the evolving configuration of power in East Asia. The Summit meeting of President Trump and…
China Small islands, big issues in East Asia July 10, 2018 0 Written by Tim Liao. Tokyo’s new National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty opened this year, a permanent collection of historical documents highlighting Japan’s official territorial…
China Incursions, Innocent Passage, or Costly Signals: Chinese Activity in the East China Sea July 10, 2018 0 Written by Krista E. Wiegand. On July 4, China conducted another incursion of coast guard ships passing into Japanese waters in the East China Sea.…
China Recent Sino-Japanese Relations: How Long Will the Thaw Last? July 9, 2018 0 Written by June Teufel Dreyer. The Good News Relations between the world’s largest and second largest economies look a lot better compared with less than…
China Contesting Visions of Regional Order in East Asia: A Japanese Perspective July 9, 2018 0 Written by Bhubhindar Singh. A common view within the academic and policy communities of East Asia is that the region is in a period of…
China As tensions in the region rise, Japan again debates its pacifist constitution May 16, 2017 0 Written by Craig Mark. Japan could finally be gearing up for the first-ever change to its constitution. In a recent video address to a pro-constitutional…
International Relations Japan and China court Africa September 15, 2016 0 Written by Julie Yu-Wen Chen and Obert Hodzi. Africa is currently being courted by both China and Japan. Rich in natural resources and a growing market,…
China Asia’s rivalry heats up as Japan and China play host at separate global summits May 26, 2016 0 Written by Hugo Dobson. Despite occasional reasons to be optimistic, relations between China and Japan have been consistently poor over recent years. This is in…
