All Publications by Yuki Tatsumi

• Presidential Inbox 2013:  Find the Right Balance in Asia Policy

  The Presidential Inbox series gives Stimson experts a chance to offer their views on key international security challenges and pragmatic steps the Obama Administration can take to

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• Great Eastern Japan Earthquake: “Lessons Learned” For Japanese Defense Policy

  The Great Eastern Japan Earthquake (GEJE) on March 11, 2011 was the worst disaster in the nation's recorded history.  The triple combination of an earthquake, tsunami, and meltdown

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• Japan chose a new leader: what can we expect from Shinzo Abe?

  Japanese voters have spoken.  On December 16, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won 294 out of 480 seats in the House of Representatives (Lower House) election and  marked a

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• Great Eastern Japan Earthquake: “Lessons Learned” for Japanese Defense Policy

  The Great Eastern Japan Earthquake (GEJE) on March 11, 2011 was the worst disaster in the nation’s recorded history.  The triple combination of an earthquake, tsunami, and meltdown

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• Great Eastern Japan Earthquake: “Lessons Learned” for Japanese Defense Policy

  The Great Eastern Japan Earthquake (GEJE) on March 11, 2011 was the worst disaster in the nation's recorded history. The triple combination of an earthquake, tsunami, and meltdown

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• Japan-China Relations: What Now?

  Tension is quickly rising in Japan-China relations following the Japanese government's decision to nationalize the Senkaku Islands (known in China as Diaoyutai) on September 11,

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• One Year after 3-11: “Lessons Learned” for Japan

  One year has passed since Japan was hit by the greatest natural disaster in its recorded history.  Combined with the nuclear accident that was triggered by the severe earthquake and

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• The New Nuclear Agenda: Prospects for US-Japan Cooperation

  The accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station demonstrated quite dramatically the national security risk that civil nuclear power stations can present, and has led to

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• Future of the US Marines in Okinawa — long-term risks for short-term gain?

  Last week’s agreement separates these three elements.  Now, the US government will seek the move of some US Marines in Okinawa to Guam regardless of progress (or lack thereof) in FRF

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• Regional Implications and the Passing of Kim Jong-Il

  Kim Jong-Il’s passing is untimely in the sense that his son and designated successor, Kim Jong-Un, is clearly not ready to take the reins of power. Still, one assumes that the

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• North Korea: Challenge for the US-Japan Alliance

  North Korea continues to pose security and diplomatic challenges, affecting Northeast Asia most of all.  For the United States and Japan, managing differences over appropriate

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• The Role of the Japan Self-Defense Forces in the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake

  The Great Eastern Japan Earthquake (higashi nihon dai shinsai) that hit Japan on March 11 was the greatest natural disaster in Japan's recorded history.  At the time of this

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• President Obama goes to Tokyo—Time to Reaffirm the US-Japan Relationship

   

  President Barack Obama's visit to Japan on November 12-14 is the last stop of his four-nation Asia tour; its primary focus is the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. 

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• Japanese Politics: More Drift

  Almost a month has passed since Japan’s ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) suffered a defeat in the House of Councillors (Upper House) election. The DPJ gained only 44 seats,

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• Japan’s Drift and its Implications for the US-Japan Alliance

  This article originally appeared in PacNet Newsletter published by CSIS/Pacific Forum on July 23, 2010.

  In the House of Councillors (Upper House) election on July 11, the

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• US-Japan alliance at 50: heading into uncharted waters

  On January 19, the US and Japanese governments issued statements commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Japan-US Mutual Security Treaty.  Both acknowledged the role that the

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• US-Japan Alliance at 50: Heading Into Uncharted Waters

  On January 19, the US and Japanese governments issued statements commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Japan-US Mutual Security Treaty.  Both acknowledged the role that the

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• New Government in Japan—implication for US-Japan relations

  On August 30 2009, Japanese voters overwhelmingly elected the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). Its victory, winning 308 seats out of 480 seats in the House of Representatives,

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• Japan’s National Security Policy Infrastructure

  The publication launch was hosted by the Stimson Center on November 7, 2008.

  
  Japan’s National Security Policy Infrastructure: Can Tokyo Meet Washington’s Expectation? is available

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• Strategic Yet Strained: US Force Realignment in Japan and its Effects on Okinawa

  Strategic Yet Strained aims to analyze the broad set of issues that the US–Japan alliance faces as it tries to adjust to the post-9/11 strategic environment—and thereby maintain its

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• “Leadership vacuum” in Japan - What Does it Mean?

  Japan’s new prime minister Taro Aso debuted on the world stage on September 25 at the United Nations General Assembly. He discussed Japan’s efforts to promote peace in the Middle

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• The US-Japan Alliance—Truly “Global” Partners

  In recent years in Washington, discussion of the US-Japan relationship has revolved around the defense cooperation between the two countries. In particular, ever since Japan

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• Troubles in the Ministry of Defense of Japan: Implications For the U.S.-Japan Alliance

   

  There have been several recent developments that are positive for the U.S.-Japan alliance. The two countries successfully conducted Japan’s ballistic missile defense (BMD) test

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• A New Cabinet in Japan-Does It Work For Washington?

  On August 27, Prime Minister Abe announced the new members of his cabinet. For those in Japan, this cabinet reshuffle was expected to be the first litmus test for Mr. Abe as he

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• Voters spoke, but will Abe listen?—Reading the Political Landscape in Tokyo

   On July 29, 2007, Japanese voters spoke with a loud and clear voice: they do not like the way Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has governed since September 2006. In the Upper House

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• US-Japan Alliance: Adrift Again?

  A decade ago, the US-Japan alliance was adrift. With the Cold War over, the alliance lost its focus, and the alliance managers in both countries struggled to find a new rationale

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• The Defense Policy Review Initiative: a reflection

  by Yuki Tatsumi

  This piece originally appeared in PacNet Newsletter, distributed by Pacific Forum/CSIS on April 27, 2006. 
   
  At the end of 2002, the United States and Japan

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• “Comfort women” controversy cast a shadow on Japan

  On March 1, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, questioned the degree and nature of Japanese government’s involvement in recruiting so-called “comfort women (jugun ianfu)” —women

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• Japan’s New Defense Establishment: Institutions, Capabilities and Implications

  Japan’s New Defense Establishment: Institutions, Capabilities and Implications traces the evolution of Japanese defense and security policy and implications for the geopolitical

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• From the JDA to the MoD—a step forward, but challenges remain

   

  This article originally appeared in PacNet Newsletter publised by CSIS/Pacific Forum on January 23, 2007.

  
  On Jan. 9, 2007, the Japan Defense Agency (JDA) became the Ministry of

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• Pragmatism or Nationalism: Shinzo Abe’s Challenge

   

  This article was contributed to “Japan Now”, an official e-newsletter by the Embassy of Japan in Washington, DC on November 16, 2006.

  A mix of apprehension and expectation

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• Japan’s Relationship with its Neighbors: Back to the Future

  Yuki Tatsumi, Research Fellow of the East Asia Program, testified before the House Committee on International Relations on Thursday, September 14 2006 at the hearing “Japan’s

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• Koizumi’s victory-good or bad for Washington?

   

  Yuki Tatsumi’s analysis appeared on CSIS Japan Watch on September 23, 2005.  An excerpt of that analysis appears below. 

  On September 11, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi

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• Koizumi’s Gamble and its Impact on the US-Japan Alliance

   

  In this analysis, which originally appeared in the Pacific Form CSIS’s publication Pacnet Newsletter, Tatsumi argues that Koizumi’s political gamble, signified by the dissolution

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• Lame Duck Koizumi:  What it means for Washington

  With more than a full year in his tenure as the prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi is rapidly turning into a lame duck.  Since the Postal Reform Bill passed the Lower House, Koizumi

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• The Future of the US-Japan Alliance

   

  In this commentary, published on February 23, 2005 in CSIS Japan Watch, Yuki Tatsumi questions the prevailing optimism that surrounds the US-Japan alliance and identifies

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• Japan’s First Step Toward a National Security Strategy

   

  In the fall of 2004, the Council on Defense Capability and Security (more commonly known as the Araki Commission in the United States) released its fiinal report that called for

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• Confidence-Building Measures and Security Issues in Northeast Asia

  This report highlights the range of ways that CBMs can contribute to an improved security environment in Northeast Asia, this collection hopes not only to offer lessons for that

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