Untold ties of friendship exist between Okinawa and the U.S.
Monday, May 3, 2010 Japan Times By HISAHIKO OKAZAKI The baseball team from Konan High School, Okinawa, emerged from the dramatic final game as the winner of the annual National High School Baseball...
View ArticleWhat has become of Japan?
What has become of Japan? Recently, I had a most bizarre experience. I was walking down a street when a total stranger approached me and asked, "What will become of Japan?" And this happened not once...
View ArticleKomura Jutaro and His Age
Chapter 1 Entertaining Poverty—Conviction of a Nationalist Immersed in State Affairs despite His Poverty— Chapter 2 Komura in His Element― Crazy and Pigheaded, as the Times Called For Chapter 3 The...
View ArticleStronger defense for region
Stronger defense for region Although the original version of this article was written for a Japanese daily, I initially had American readers in my mind as the main target of my argument. In his first...
View ArticleMr. Kan, stop wasting time
Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010 Japan Times By HISAHIKO OKAZAKI It has taken the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) two long months to settle on the continuation of Kan Naoto as prime minister. Whatever past...
View ArticleFighting Peace for Taiwan
Fighting peace for Taiwan Four months after the presidential elections in Taiwan, there is a big difference when comparing the aftereffects of the elections in 2008 to those in 2012. Four years ago,...
View ArticleShidehara Kijuro and His Age
Chapter 1 Diplomat of the New Age ― A Typical, Serious Bureaucrat in the Time of Peace ― Chapter 2 Beginning of an American Century ― Emerging Japan Encounters a Rising United States in the Pacific ―...
View ArticleTwo missed opportunities for Japan in island disputes
Since I have been requested to express my views on the territorial issues concerning the Takeshima islets and Senkaku Islands on several occasions recently, I thought it opportune to compile them into...
View ArticleJapan's step toward normalcy
Following the launch of a new Cabinet under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, certain elements in Japan and overseas are warning of a dangerous swing to the right in Japan politics. I find their concerns hard...
View ArticleDonation Request
The translation of five volumes on modern Japan’s diplomatic history is an independent project of the Okazaki Institute. As of September 2011, the first two volumes (Volume 1: Mutsu...
View ArticleJapan-India-US Trilateral Strategic Dialogue
Japan-India-US Trilateral Strategic Dialogue on Security Issues in the Indo-Pacific Region The Japan-India-US Trilateral Strategic Dialogue on Security Issues in the Indo-Pacific Region is...
View ArticleParticipants List of Japan-US-India Trilateral Strategic Dialogue
Japan Yoshiji Nogami, President, JIIA Hideki Asari, Deputy Director General, JIIA Tetsuo Kotani, Research Fellow, JIIA Hisahiko Okazaki, President, Okazaki Institute Sumihiko Kawamura, Vice President,...
View ArticleJapan could soften U.S. cuts
Mandatory spending cuts in the federal budget, known as sequestration, have entered into force in the United States. Up until last summer, it had been believed that a compromise that would make such...
View ArticleMultilateral accord presents pitfall if alliances are missing
During her visit to the United States in May, South Korean President Park Geun-hye said the following in her speech to the U.S. Congress: “Our journey extends beyond the Korean Peninsula to all of...
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