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Silence Is No Longer Golden: #MeToo and the Silent Resistance of Japanese Women
In Japan, despite the global spread of #MeToo, cultural patriarchy and an inadequate legal system hinder progress. This article examines the lack of legal...
What the Indonesia–Japan Trade Deal Means for Indonesia’s Economy
Relations between countries and cooperation in the international community are often shaped by similarities, such as language, geography, ideology, and political and economic interests....
The Dynamics of Semiconductor Competition in East Asia
This article discusses the dynamics of competition within the semiconductor industry in East Asia through the lens of international political economy. In today's digital...
Is Japan Moving Away from Its Disarmament Legacy?
Japan stands as the only country to have experienced the devastation caused by the atomic bombings and remains home to those who have greatly...
Official Development Assistance as A Strategy to Strengthen Japan-China Trade Relations
Countries in the world certainly cannot always meet the needs of their own economies; there are countries whose GDP income is still below average,...
Beyond Pride Diplomacy: How Asian Countries Build Their Pro‑LGBTQ Image on the Global Stage
Sneakers Diplomacy in New York
Amid the hustle of the 2024 UN General Assembly, Aiko Zhang—a young non-binary diplomat from Taiwan—chose to wear white sneakers...
Strengthening Japan-ASEAN Food Security: The MIDORI Plan and ASEAN Identity Renewal
On October 4th, 2023, during the 1st Meeting of AJMAF (ASEAN-Japan Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry) in Malaysia, Japan adopted MIDORI, a cooperation plan...
Japan-ASEAN Cooperation on Plastic Waste in the Sea
This article will highlight the long aftermath of the issue of plastic waste in the Indo-Pacific region, where in 2016 six countries in the...
US Trade Wars and Military Globalization Spark Complex Alignments
President Trump’s new round of reciprocal and universal tariffs will escalate trade tensions, lower investment, hit market pricing, distort trade flows, disrupt supply chains,...
Why the US-Japan-ROK Alliance Faces Greater Risk in 2025 Than Cold War Europe
With the growing threat of nuclear conflict in Northeast Asia—driven by North Korea’s ability to strike the U.S. mainland with nuclear missiles—strategic concerns about...