Project

Japanese Foreign Policy

Creative approaches to Japan’s most significant international security and foreign policy challenges

About the Project

This project provides a platform for rising academics and policymakers to discuss and analyze Japan’s security challenges and its relationships with its neighbors, particularly North and South Korea, China, and the “Quad” countries. Through insightful analysis, policy briefs, international events, and publications, we develop solutions and provide recommendations for policymakers to address Japan’s most significant security challenges. Since this project’s inception, leading and emerging scholars have brought their expertise to bear on issues from peacekeeping to nuclear deterrence to disaster management.

Project Team

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Research & Writing

Sub-Projects

Japan’s Security Policy After the New National Security Strategy

Events

Past Event

Cognitive Warfare, AI, and Security: Insights from East Asia

The popular understanding of cognitive warfare focuses on disinformation and AI-generated content. In his opening keynote remarks, Japanese AI pioneer Dr. Tomabechi will explain why that framing is dangerously incomplete — and what…

  • April 22, 2026
  • 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM (US Eastern)
  • Online or In-Person

Past Event

Next Steps for US-Japan Military Shipbuilding, Repair, and Maintenance

Expanded US-Japan cooperation in military shipbuilding, repair, and maintenance is one promising area for both countries to pursue as part of their broader goals to enhance their domestic shipbuilding industries. Deepening US-Japan industrial…

  • March 25, 2026
  • 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM (US Eastern)
  • Online or In-Person

Past Event

Pursuing North Korea’s Denuclearization in an Era of Strategic Drift: Voices from Japan

Despite stringent international economic sanctions imposed primarily through the United Nations Security Council, North Korea’s progress in nuclear and missile development as well as in its nuclear doctrine has been remarkable, particularly since…

  • March 7, 2026
  • 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM (US Eastern)
  • Online or In-Person

Past Event

Revisiting the Legacy of Shinzo Abe

On July 8, 2022, the world faced a shocking news. Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving Japanese prime minister since the Meiji Restoration, was assassinated during an election rally. During his decades-long political career, Abe…

  • July 8, 2024
  • 9:00 - 10:00 AM (US Eastern)
  • Online Only
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