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July 13, 2022

Taiwan
Shinzo Abe Transformed Japan’s Relationship With Taiwan to Counter Threats from China

One of Shinzo Abe’s most significant moves was adjusting Japan’s relationship with Taiwan.

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou (R) greets former Japan prime minister Shinzo Abe at the presidential office in Taipei October 31, 2010
Blog Post by David Sacks Asia Unbound

October 5, 2021

Japan
The Road Ahead for Japan’s New Prime Minister

Fumio Kishida won his party’s leadership election and yesterday Japan’s parliament voted him in as prime minister of Japan. 

Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister, speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, October 4, 2021
Blog Post by Sheila A. Smith Asia Unbound

May 19, 2022

Asia
President Biden in South Korea and Japan

CFR experts via Zoom preview President Joe Biden’s May 20-24 trip to Asia, including bilateral meetings with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and a…

Play Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison meets with Quad foreign ministers in Melbourne
Virtual Event by Manjari Chatterjee Miller, Sheila A. Smith, Scott A. Snyder, and Carla Anne Robbins Media Briefings

March 1, 2023

Economics
The World Bank Stepped Up During the Pandemic

The World Bank (and the IMF) should get credit for increasing their lending to the world's poorest countries during the pandemic. But without additional action, net flows to developing economies will…

The World Bank Stepped Up During the Pandemic
Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

February 24, 2021

Japan
How Japan Is Upgrading Its Military

Prime Minister Suga will keep working to upgrade Japan’s military amid increasing pressures from China, North Korea, and Russia.

In Brief by Sheila A. Smith Asia Program

November 12, 2024

Australia
How Australia is Responding to a Second Trump Term

President-elect Trump’s victory has jeopardized the Biden administration’s AUKUS defense partnership with Australia.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison stands at a podium beside President Trump in the White House.
Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound

May 27, 2021

Japan
Japan’s Difficult Summer

As the United States begins to see light at the end of the tunnel with COVID-19, Japan remains locked in its struggle with the pandemic.  On May 24, 2021, the Biden Administration raised the travel a…

Senior citizens wait to receive a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a large-scale coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination centre in Osaka, western Japan May 24, 2021
Blog Post by Sheila A. Smith Asia Unbound