The final days of the Trump administration were marked by a largely unnoticed announcement which could turn out to be a milestone in the US-China…
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South Korea’s President Moon Jae In has kept a close eye on the ASEAN region since the early days of his presidency. Recently, he took…
This article was written in collaboration with Prof. Yoichiro Sato. A professor of International Relations and Asia-Pacific Studies at Ritsumeikan Asia-Pacific University, Japan, Prof. Sato…
On December 11, 2020, Asia Power Watch editor Nicolas Michelon was invited by Dr Chester Cabalza of Philippines’ International Development and Security Cooperation (IDSC) to…
This article was written in collaboration with Dean Karalekas. Dean is the Associate Editor of Strategic Vision for Taiwan Security, published by the Taiwan Center…
One of the most critical questions for Iran today is the nature of its relations with Japan and China. Both Asian countries have been recently…
Labels are important identifiers that assure that the recipient gets what has been asked or paid for. After all, if the label on the jar…
Since the late 1980’s, Japan has largely depended on overseas production. Over the decades, this has resulted in over 50% of Japanese manufacturing existing overseas,…
Asia Power Watch contributor and Istanbul’s Boğaziçi University researcher Semiha Karaoğlu was interviewed on September 3, 2020, by Dr Altay Atli on Ekotürk TV’s “Yükselen…
The 2021 Myanmar coup: a Japanese tale of sorrow and sadness
With yesterday’s abrupt coup by the military junta in Myanmar, Japanese multinational companies (MNCs) are faced with enormous difficulties. After the global financial crisis in…