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 70 Years of ‘Cold Peace’ and ‘Cold War’ in East Asia Coming to an End? August 7, 2015 0 Written by Christian Wirth. 70 years passed since Emperor Hirohito declared Imperial Japan’s surrender and ended what is often referred to as The Pacific War. 25…
Japan Why do flags matter? The case of Japan July 22, 2015 0 Written by Takashi Yoshida. On Friday July 10, after a week of emotional debate between legislators, the Confederate flag came down on the South Carolina State House…
China China, Japan and the Media: The Politics and Business of Selective Remembering June 27, 2015 0 Written by Wanning Sun. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of China’s ‘War against the Japanese Invasion’. It may therefore be an opportune…
China Why Fresh Thinking on the South China Sea is a Problem June 16, 2015 0 Written by Kerry Brown. Almost certainly one of the headaches that a new American president will have to start engaging with when they finally come into…
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…
