Japan’s energy crossroads

New Atlanticist Dec 17, 2024

The global ripple effects of South Korea’s political turmoil

By Atlantic Council experts

The fallout from Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment could have massive implications for Seoul’s relations with the United States and Japan.
Civil Society Elections
Japan’s energy crossroads

Issue Brief Sep 23, 2024

Expanding the US-Japan economic security partnership: Engaging allies and partners

By Amy Searight

Economic security has emerged as a national security priority in Tokyo and Washington as both confront challenges posed by China’s civil-military fusion and economic coercion. The alignment of Tokyo and Washington on strategic views of China and the convergence of their economic security priorities has created a new era of alliance cooperation on these issues.
China Economy & Business
Japan’s energy crossroads

New Atlanticist Sep 6, 2024

What to expect from Japan-South Korea relations after Kishida

By Atlantic Council experts

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul September 6-7—likely their final summit before Kishida steps down. Atlantic Council experts share their insights on what’s next for Tokyo and Seoul.
East Asia Japan

Content

EnergySource

Mar 23, 2018

Japan’s energy crossroads

By David Livingston

Few countries have navigated as challenging an energy landscape as Japan in recent years. Following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, Japan’s dependency on energy imports has climbed to 93 percent and its energy costs have risen sharply, straining consumers and industry alike. With Japan’s forty-eight nuclear reactors offline, the country began using more coal, gas, […]

Energy Transitions Japan
Kentaro Sonoura

Event Recap

Mar 8, 2018

A free and open Indo-Pacific strategy

By Asia Security Initiative

In November 2017, when President Trump visited Japan, Prime Minister Abe and President Trump agreed to work together to promote peace and prosperity in the region by developing the Indo-Pacific as free and open. In addition, particularly after President Trump gave a speech at the APEC CEO Summit in Da Nang, Vietnam, on November 10th, […]

East Asia Japan

In the News

Jan 19, 2018

Gopalaswamy Quoted in iNews on New Competitors in the Space Race: India, Japan, and China

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

Read the full article here.

China India

Issue Brief

Dec 12, 2017

Shaping the Asia-Pacific economic order

By Robert A. Manning and Olin Wethington

Twenty years after the Asian Financial Crisis, Asian economies are buoyant, working with a smartly reformed IMF to brace for future crises, and rhetoric aside, it will a while before China’s RMB challenges the US dollar as the world’s first reserve currency.

Australia China

Issue Brief

Dec 12, 2017

Shaping the Asia-Pacific economic order

By Robert A. Manning and Olin Wethington

Twenty years after the Asian Financial Crisis, Asian economies are buoyant, working with a smartly reformed IMF to brace for future crises, and rhetoric aside, it will a while before China’s RMB challenges the US dollar as the world’s first reserve currency.

Australia China

Issue Brief

Nov 29, 2017

Northeast Asian futures

By Robert A. Manning

The great Asian paradox is that a region steadily becoming more economically integrated is filled with distrust, competing nationalisms, and territorial disputes in the security realm. This is epitomized by Northeast Asia and the North Pacific: the region features the world’s three largest economies; three of the largest militaries; three of the five declared nuclear […]

China Defense Policy
Tusk Trade Tile

Trade in Action

Nov 10, 2017

TRADE IN ACTION November 10

By Global Business & Economics Program

THIS WEEK IN TRADEThis week’s news has been dominated by President Trump’s trip to Asia. 

Economy & Business Japan
Japan Trade Tile

Trade in Action

Nov 6, 2017

TRADE IN ACTION November 6

By Global Business & Economics Program

THIS WEEK IN TRADEThe Bank of England is expecting that up to 75,000 jobs could be lost in financial services following Britain’s departure from the EU. 

Economy & Business Japan

New Atlanticist

Nov 2, 2017

Trump Goes to Asia: An Opportunity to Assert US Leadership

By Ashish Kumar Sen

On his first full business day as president, Donald J. Trump withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a multilateral trade agreement with eleven other Asia-Pacific nations that was viewed as a pillar of US commitment to Asia. At the height of a nuclear crisis with North Korea, he instructed his advisers to […]

China Japan

Trade in Action

Oct 30, 2017

TRADE IN ACTION October 30

By Global Business & Economics Program

THIS WEEK IN TRADELast Friday, just shortly before President Donald Trump arrives in Beijing in early November, the Commerce Department hit imports of Chinese aluminum foil with preliminary anti-dumping duties, ranging from 97 percent to more than 162 percent. 

Economy & Business Japan
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Experts

Fellow

Shawn Creamer

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Indo-Pacific Security Initiative

Security & Defense East Asia

Fellow

Marvin J. Park

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

China Defense Policy

Fellow

Jonathan Corrado

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Indo-Pacific Korea

Fellow

Kayla T. Orta

Nonresident Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Arms Control East Asia

Staff

Audrey Roh

Project Assistant

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Cybersecurity Japan

Fellow

Akiko Fukushima

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Defense Policy East Asia
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