From the March/April 2009 issue of Foreign Affairs: The current U.S. financial crisis is not like Japan's "lost decade" of the 1990s.

CFR Fellows Paul Stares, Sheila Smith, and Elizabeth Economy discuss Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's upcoming trip to Asia, her first trip in her new role.

This article looks at missile defense in Japan.

Brian P. Klein discusses potential collaboration between the United States, Japan, and China to fight piracy on the high seas.

In this Washington Post op-ed, Amity Shlaes writes that huge public works projects, such as the one put forward by President-elect Obama, often fail to revive national economies, as evidenced by the example of Japan in the 1990s.

Session III of a Council on Foreign Relations Symposium on the U.S.-Japan Partnership: An Agenda for Change.

Session II of a symposium on the U.S. - Japan partnership focusing on the global economy, instabilities, and reforms.

Session I of a Council on Foreign Relations Symposium on the U.S.-Japan Partnership: An Agenda for Change.

Watch experts reflect on global challenges such as the rise of China, climate change, and energy security and how these affect the U.S.-Japan partnership.

This session was part of the CFR Symposium on the U.S.-Japan Partnership: An Agenda for Change, cosponsored with the Asahi Shimbun.

Listen to experts reflect on global challenges such as the rise of China, climate change, and energy security and how these affect the U.S.-Japan partnership.

This session was part of the CFR Symposium on the U.S.-Japan Partnership: An Agenda for Change, cosponsored with the Asahi Shimbun.

Watch experts explain the origins of the financial crisis and its effect on Japan, as well as on U.S.-Japanese trade.

This session was part of the CFR Symposium on the U.S.-Japan Partnership: An Agenda for Change, cosponsored with the Asahi Shimbun.

Watch experts discuss how the United States and Japan can address critical security issues in northeast Asia, including the Six-Party Talks with North Korea.

This session was part of the CFR Symposium on the U.S.-Japan Partnership: An Agenda for Change, cosponsored with the Asahi Shimbun.

Listen to experts explain the origins of the financial crisis and its effect on Japan, as well as on U.S.-Japanese trade.

This session was part of the CFR Symposium on the U.S.-Japan Partnership: An Agenda for Change, cosponsored with the Asahi Shimbun.

Listen to experts discuss how the United States and Japan can address critical security issues in northeast Asia, including the Six-Party Talks with North Korea.

This session was part of the CFR Symposium on the U.S.-Japan Partnership: An Agenda for Change, cosponsored with the Asahi Shimbun.

CFR Senior Fellow Sheila A. Smith says Japan is well positioned to offer leadership on coping with the global financial crisis. But a domestic political stalemate, she says, threatens its ability to act.

U.S. financial regulators could draw some lessons from Japan's experience of the 1990s, when the implosion of a real estate bubble led to a systemic crisis in the country's banking sector.

This Japan Center for Economic Research report analyzes how the U.S. financial crisis has affected Japanese financial institutions.

Ahead of September 22 elections that will anoint Japan's next prime minister, CFR's Sheila Smith discusses the country's leadership troubles, economic concerns, and a declining role on the international stage.

The automotive industry of Japan is leading the eco-friendly car race by long strides. Their turbocharged lead puts them ahead of the otehr car manufacturing industries.