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August 30, 2011

The Transatlantic Alliance Survives the Summer

European Commission President Barroso, U.S. President Obama, Russian President Medvedev, French President Sarkozy, Japanese Prime Minister Kan, Canadian Prime Minister Harper, British Prime Minister …

The Transatlantic Alliance Survives the Summer

January 15, 2013

Japan
Keiko Iizuka: Abe’s Challenge

This blog post is part of a series entitled Is Japan in Decline?, in which leading experts analyze Japan’s economy, politics, and society and give their assessment of Japan’s future. On December 26,…

Buildings are silhouetted against the setting sun in front of Mount Fuji in Tokyo

October 25, 2010

China
A New Threshold for Japan’s Diplomacy

I have just returned from a week in Tokyo, where I attended the annual CSIS-Nikkei conference on U.S.-Japan relations. As I noted in our CFR.org roundup on how Washington should respond to Beijing’s …

A New Threshold for Japan’s Diplomacy

May 29, 2011

Defense and Security
On Memorial Day

On August 1, 1888, Congress passed a joint resolution (25 Stat. 516) that recognized every May 30 as “Decoration Day,” a holiday for the District of Columbia and a holiday with pay for federal employ…

January 13, 2011

Japan
Talking Strategy with Japan

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates meets with Japan's Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa in Tokyo. (POOL New/Courtesy Reuters) What a difference a year makes. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates ju…

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates meets with Japan’s Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa in Tokyo