China China’s Booming ‘Anti-Foreigner’ Business August 8, 2018 0 Written by Jing Sun. Scholars and media pundits have long examined the Chinese government’s efforts in encouraging nationalism among its people. A broad consensus emerged…
Japan Contemporary Japan-Taiwan Relations in Historical Context July 13, 2018 0 Written by Robert Hoppens. Taiwan has recently become the focus of renewed international concern. The election of President Tsai Ying-wen of the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive…
China Responses to the sharing economy in Japan and China July 12, 2018 0 Written by Tomoo Marukawa. The concept of “sharing economy” was first proposed by Botsman and Rogers’ book “What’s Mine is Yours,” which was published in…
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 Tokyo’s new National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty opened this year, a permanent collection of historical documents highlighting Japan’s official territorial…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…
Uncategorized Making Japan great again: Shinzo Abe’s landslide election win December 2, 2017 0 Written by Fatima-Zohra Er-Rafia. On 22 October, Japan re-elected Shinzo Abe, handing the Jiminto (Liberal Democratic Party) and its junior coalition partner Komeito more than…