Articles

Shinzo Abe: Tragic Departure of a Colossus – Part I

The morning on 8 July began with the devastating news that the former Prime Minister of Japan Abe Shinzo, a true friend of India with whom the author had a chance to briefly interact at the India International Centre as a member in August 2007 when h....

July 11, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , NATO , Abe Shinzo , nation mourns , Yamagami , assassination , nationalist , conspiracy theories , cult controversy , motivation , religious group

Japan’s Defence White Paper 2021: China Riled by Mention of Taiwan Strait

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

On 13 July 2021, Japan issued the 2021 Defense White Paper. One significant mention for the first time is the need to maintain stability in the Taiwan Strait, which is threatened by increasing Chinese military incursions on the Taiwanese waters. The ....

July 22, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , South China Sea , COVID-19 , Taiwan Strait , Abe Shinzo , One-China policy , Senkaku , Suga Yoshihide , Defense White Paper , Kishi Nobuo , Self Defense Forces , Baushuan Ger

Japan’s Four-day Workweek Proposal Unlikely to Work

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Japan and Japanese are known for their famously workaholic corporate culture. There are cases in which companies have forced employees to put extra hours, thereby driving some to commit suicide and giving rise to the word karoshi or “death from ove....

July 07, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Coronavirus , Abe Shinzo , Yoshihide Suga , karoshi , four-day workweek , Womenomics , OECD , top-down system , corporate culture , Microsoft

India-Japan in the Indo-Pacific: A Strategic Convergence for Peace, Progress and Prosperity

Dr Anil Rawat

Over the last three decades, with the economic rise of India, Japan, China, Korea, ASEAN combined with Australia and New Zealand, Indo-Pacific has surely emerged as the new theatre of Great Power contest. The idea of Indo-Pacific and its coordinates ....

June 30, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Soft Power , Abe Shinzo , Resilient Supply Chains

Can Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution be ever Amended?

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The worsening security environment in the Northeast Asian region triggered by China’s brazen aggressive and threatening foreign policy posture and North Korea’s nuclear and continuous missile firings has led to a debate in Japan if its pacifist p....

May 25, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Security Environment , Constitution , Abe Shinzo , LDP , Article 9 , Article 96 , Diet , Amendment , regional tensions , shadow of the past , opinion polls , CDP , Komeito , ‘American imposition’ , Suga Yoshihide

Japan’s Dilemma in Dealing with the Junta in Myanmar

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction

The military takeover of the democratically elected government and the dubious civilian-military power sharing agreement has been criticised by the global community. At a time when Myanmar was navigating through its nascent d....

March 03, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , sanctions , Abe Shinzo , Yoshihide Suga , Foreign Assistance Act , Chinese Coast Guard vessels , Yasuhide Nakayama , National Defense Academy , ODA.

How is Suga Crafting Japan’s Policies towards Russia?

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction

After Yoshihide Suga became Japan’s Prime Minister following the sudden resignation of Prime Minister Abe Shinzo with little experience in foreign diplomacy, questions were raised if he would be competent to handle Japan’....

December 15, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Northern Territories , Abe Shinzo , Yoshihide Suga , Vladimir Putin , Hokkaido , 1956 joint declaration , territorial dispute , Crimea , Iturup , Kunashir , Shikotan and Habomai