This report is part of Strategic Japan, a CSIS Japan Chair initiative featuring analysis by Japan’s leading foreign policy scholars on key regional and global challenges and the implications for the U ...

This commentary is part of the Exploring New Horizons: Japan’s Defense Priorities project, a CSIS Japan Chair initiative featuring analysis by leading Japanese and American scholars examining the ...

My country, Japan, has reached a historic crossroads: It must develop nuclear weapons because it really does not have a choice. If one is realistic about the current geopolitical situation in Asia, ...

Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, in a warning to countries who have nuclear ...

Japan is a successful democratic state with strong institutions, regular elections, and a thriving free press. The democracy is remarkably stable and has not experienced populist movements which have ...

Japan is the world’s third-largest economy, an advanced technology powerhouse, and an important source of and destination for foreign investment. Although the Japanese government actively welcomes ...