Shinzo Abe’s aggressive and successful diplomacy has helped make Japan a pillar of liberal democracy and a beneficiary of the rules-based international order. His successor has vowed to protect these interests.
Japan's workforce is ageing fast and lawmakers are working to reform the country's immigration laws – what lessons can Europe teach Japan?
China’s willingness to finally downplay confrontation with Japan demonstrates the magnitude of the Trump shock in Beijing
The last ten days have been big for the EU and its partners in Asia, namely China and Japan. With EU-China and EU-Japan summits resulting in historic agreements, the EU is slowly strengthening its relationships with allies to the east.
The intensification of negotiations between the EU and Japan came in response to broader geopolitical developments such as the rise of China, Trump, and Brexit
For the EU, the EPA would demonstrate its ability to deliver concrete results despite the numerous crises it faces.
Tokyo has a good chance of persuading Trump that security co-operation with Japan is in his interests, but the end of TPP is a serious blow.
France and the UK will likely be the first beneficiaries of Japanese technological developments – though they also imply that Japan is now a competitor
The paradox about Japan is no longer that of an economic giant and a political dwarf; it is about the lack of significant international cooperation between Europe and Japan
The perception of Japan as “Asia's Switzerland” – affluent, old, but somewhat insular – still retains force in the UK