Japan

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

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

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

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

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Jul 21, 2025

Commentary

5 Min Read

(Screenshot via Youtube)

In the Media

Japan’s Fiscal Discipline Challenges

Satoru Nagao

Fellow (Nonresident)

Satoru Nagao

Jul 19, 2025

In the Media

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during an ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 11, 2025. (Mandel Ngan via Getty Images)

Podcast

De-escalation with China, Japanese White Paper, and China’s Views on US-Ukraine Policy

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Jul 18, 2025

Podcast

US President Donald Trump looks on as Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2025. (Jim Watson via Getty Images)

Commentary

Donald Trump’s Opportunity to Deliver Another Historic Japan Trade Agreement

Kenneth R. Weinstein

Japan Chair

Kenneth R. Weinstein

Jul 17, 2025

Commentary

3 Min Read

(Screenshot via Youtube)

In the Media

Will US-Japan Security Ties Survive the Tariff Test?

William Chou

Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair

William Chou

Jul 16, 2025

In the Media

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force held an F-35 aircraft delivery ceremony at Komatsu Air Base in Japan on April 26, 2025. (F-35 Joint Program Office via JASDF and DVIDS)

Reports

Japan—and the Alliance—Prepare to Address a Taiwan Contingency

James J. Przystup

Senior Fellow, Japan Chair

James J. Przystup

Jul 10, 2025

Reports

3 Min Read

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba addresses a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on June 23, 2025. (Kiyoshi Ota via Getty Images)

Commentary

Can Ishiba Gain from the LSP’s Upper House Losses?