Debating Japan

In the twelfth issue of the Debating Japan newsletter series, the CSIS Japan Chair invited Ms. Ayumi Teraoka, doctoral candidate in security studies at Princeton University, and Ms. Shihoko Goto, deputy director for geoeconomics and senior associate for Northeast Asia at the WilsonCenter, to share their perspectives on the Trump-Abe relationship and whether it has advanced Japanese interests.

In this issue, the CSIS Japan Chair invited Professor Koji Murata of Doshisha University and Professor Alisa Gaunder of Southwestern University to survey Japan’s political landscape and assess whether the country needs a two-party system.

The CSIS Japan Chair invited Professor Yasushi Watanabe of Keio University and Mr. Brad Glosserman of Tama University to retrospectively analyze the role of “soft power” in Japanese foreign policy during the Heisei era and potentially in Reiwa.

In the fifth issue of theDebating Japan newsletter series, the CSIS Japan Chair invited Mr. Shinji Hyodo of The National Institute of Defense Studies and Dr. Dmitri Trenin of the Carnegie Moscow Center to assess the China factor in Japan-Russia relations.

In this third issue of the Debating Japan newsletter series, the CSIS Japan Chair invited Mr. Paul Giarra and Dr. Michael O’Hanlon to assess whether Japan should spend 2 percent of GDP on defense in response to security challenges in the region.

In the second issue of the Debating Japan newsletter series, the CSIS Japan Chair invited Dr. Jeffrey Hornung, a security specialist, and Mr. Kiyoyuki Seguchi, an economist, to assess the prospects for Japan-China relations in the coming years.