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Sep. 27, 2016China’s Next Legal Battle at SeaChina has sent warships into Japanese territorial seas. There is no room for complacency, even after an award on the South China Sea.

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Japanese Culture at World Expositions: Beyond 1970 and 2025Mar. 9, 2026 NEW
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Reading China’s Tactics Aiming to Change the Status QuoMar. 9, 2026 NEW
Why Are Debates Surrounding Family and Gender So Contentious? The “Principle of Deliberation” to Which We Must ReturnMar. 9, 2026 NEW
China’s Expanding Presence in Central Asia: Its Global Strategy and Public ResponsesMar. 8, 2026 NEW
Japan’s International Cooperation Seen from Palau: Rising Geopolitical Interests, Principles and Strategies under ScrutinyMar. 4, 2026 NEW
How Should We Respond to Successive Incidents? Understanding through a Culture of Coexistence: Bears and the Japanese PeopleFeb. 26, 2026 NEW
Will “Chinese-style” Development Permeate Hong Kong?Feb. 26, 2026 NEW
Beyond 1.5°C: Not to DespairFeb. 25, 2026 NEW
Sanaenomics: Tackling a Historic Turning PointFeb. 24, 2026 NEW
Seven Major Changes in the Security EnvironmentFeb. 23, 2026 NEW
Sakaguchi and Kitagawa win Nobel Prize: Japan celebrates dual achievement in same year as two researchers who persevered through adversity call for support for basic researchFeb. 16, 2026
Expos as Sites of Experimentation: Considering the Architecture of Expo 2025Feb. 15, 2026
Xi Jinping’s Regime: Political Dynamics of Personal DictatorshipFeb. 13, 2026
“A World with America” and “A World without America”Feb. 12, 2026
Regarding the “Limited Exercise of the Right of Collective Self-defense” Based on the Determination of “Survival-threatening Situations”Feb. 8, 2026
Japanese Pop Culture and Cultural Diplomacy: Overseas Expansion, Reception, and the Role of Fan CommunitiesFeb. 8, 2026
A Society Where People Can Work Even at Age 70Feb. 3, 2026
Recent Cyber Situations and the Bill Introducing Active Cyber DefenseJan. 27, 2026
New Class Society, Transformation of Hardcore Conservative BaseJan. 23, 2026
The Dilemma between Free Trade and Economic SecurityJan. 23, 2026
The LDP Faces Tectonic Shifts in Japanese PoliticsJan. 22, 2026
What Is Meant by Supply Chain Resilience?Jan. 21, 2026
War and Order from the Global SouthJan. 19, 2026

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America’s Retreat from the Role of “Leader of the Free World” and the Future of Japanese DiplomacyMar. 27, 2025

Japanese Politics at a Turning Point: From One-Party Dominance to the Era of Deliberative DebateJan. 7, 2025

Global Trade Reconfiguration in the Election Super YearMar. 21, 2024

Expectations for the New Bank of Japan Regime Setting Sail Amid Financial UncertaintyMar. 27, 2023

Post-COVID Japanese Studies: Digital Materials, Analog DialogueMar. 22, 2023

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