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Chinese soldiers march with the national flag (C), flanked by the flags of the Communist Party of China (R) and the People's Liberation Army (L) during a military parade at Tiananmen Square

US President Donald Trump waves as he greets Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba upon arrival outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2025. (Mandel Ngan via Getty Images)

Commentary

Politics, Trade, and the US-Japan Deal

Paul Sracic

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Paul Sracic

Jul 25, 2025

Commentary

2 Min Read

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Japan’s Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Ryosei Akazawa shake hands during a photo session as they arrive at the USA Pavilion on US National Day at the World Expo 2025 on July 19, 2025, in Osaka, Japan. (Tomohiro Ohsumi via Getty Images)

Reports

“The Largest Trade Deal in History”: Implications of the US-Japan Trade Deal

William Chou

Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair

William Chou

Jul 25, 2025

Reports

14 Min Read

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (L) attend a welcoming ceremony prior to their talks at the Ak Orda Presidential Palace, November 27, 2024, in Astana, Kazakhstan. Putin is meeting with Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in the capital, a day before he is expected to attend the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit in Astana. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attend a welcoming ceremony prior to their talks at the Ak Orda Presidential Palace, on November 27, 2024, in Astana, Kazakhstan. (Getty Images)

Reports

Russia-China Security Interactions in Central Asia: Bilateral and Multilateral Dimensions

Richard Weitz

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis

Richard Weitz

Jul 24, 2025

Reports

2 Min Read

(Screenshot via YouTube)

Testimony

The State of Freedom in Hong Kong, Five Years On

Olivia Enos

Senior Fellow

Olivia Enos

Jul 24, 2025

Testimony

1 Min Read

People pay tribute to the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on February 16, 2025. (Kim Won Jin via Getty Images)

Commentary

North Korean Defector Day Speech

Olivia Enos

Senior Fellow

Olivia Enos

Jul 24, 2025

Commentary

12 Min Read

(Screenshot via Bloomberg)

In the Media

The US and Japan Strike a Trade Deal

William Chou

Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair

William Chou

Jul 23, 2025

In the Media

President Donald J Trump speaks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House on February 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford via Getty Images)

Commentary

Hudson Rapid Briefing | Trump and Ishiba Agree to Trade Deal

Kenneth R. Weinstein

Japan Chair

William Chou

Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair

Thomas J. Duesterberg

Senior Fellow

Riley Walters

Senior Fellow

Kenneth R. Weinstein, William Chou, Thomas J. Duesterberg & Riley Walters

Jul 23, 2025

Commentary

3 Min Read

Exporting cars line up at Toyota Pier of Nagoya Port circa December 1976, in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. (Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)

Commentary

Ronald Reagan Was No Protectionist

Michael Solon

Senior Fellow

Michael Solon

Jul 23, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

(Screenshot via QNews)

In the Media

Japanese Firms Can’t Plan for the Long Term Without US-Japan Agreement

Satoru Nagao

Fellow (Nonresident)

Satoru Nagao

Jul 23, 2025

In the Media

Voters take part in upper house elections at a polling station in Tokyo on July 20, 2025. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a reckoning from voters with upper house elections on July 20 that could end his premiership and see a right-wing populist party make inroads. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)

Voters take part in upper house elections at a polling station in Tokyo on July 20, 2025. (Richard A. Brooks via Getty Images)

Commentary

More Political Uncertainty after Japan’s House of Councillors Election

Riley Walters

Senior Fellow

Iku Tsujihiro

Research Associate

Riley Walters & Iku Tsujihiro

Jul 23, 2025

Commentary

2 Min Read

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Podcast

China Insider | Taiwan’s Han Kuang Exercise, 800 Brother, China’s Q2 Economic Growth

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Jul 22, 2025

Podcast

Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects troops during a parade commemorating the seventieth anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing on September 3, 2015. (Huang Xiaobang via Getty Images)

Commentary

China’s World War II Victory Parade: A Supreme Fiction