Cambodia to be ASEAN logistics hub for Japan retailer
Top Japanese retailer Aeon will offer international logistics services in Cambodia, drawn by Southeast Asia’s rising trade and cross-border e-commerce as the company seeks...
Women can save Japan — East Asia Forum
Author: Editors, East Asia Forum By almost any measure Japan ranks as one of the worst countries in the OECD, or among advanced economies,...
Are Japan–China relations sweetening or souring?
Author: Akio Takahara, The University of Tokyo
Are Japan–China relations on a collision course? The two thorny issues between Japan and China are history and...
Something for everyone in Abe’s WWII statement
Author: Richard J. Samuels, MIT
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s carefully crafted statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II will...
New leadership needed to fix Japan–ROK relations
Authors: Trevor Kennedy, University of British Columbia, and Maël ‘Alan’ van Beek, Seoul National University
In June, Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo and South Korean...
Japan and South Korea must foster domestic support for bilateral relations
Author: Junya Nishino, Keio University
Many expected Japan–Republic of Korea (ROK) relations to be reset when the Shinzo Abe and Park Geun-hye administrations first came...
Rebuilding trust after the Fukushima disaster
Author: Peter Drysdale, East Asia Forum
This week is the fourth anniversary of Japan’s disastrous Tohoku earthquake and the massive tidal wave that fractured the...
What the TPP portends for Japan–Australia agricultural trade
Author: Aurelia George Mulgan, UNSW Canberra
Australia’s farmers, particularly beef producers, may have celebrated too early when the Japan–Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA) took effect...
