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What Next for the Trump Effect on Foreign Policy and Foreign Elections?Parties that are firm with President Trump are reaping major electoral rewards.
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Tokyo Is CallingThe 1985 Plaza Accord revealed the need for closer international financial cooperation in an increasingly interdependent global economy where domestic policies could generate international shocks.
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Why East Asia Is a Target of Trump’s Tariff War, in Six ChartsPresident Donald Trump’s proposed “reciprocal” tariff plan places some of the highest tariff levels on East Asian countries—many of which depend on U.S. markets to grow their economies.
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The ‘Trump Effect’ on Elections Is Just Beginning, Including in JapanThe U.S. president’s rhetoric and tariffs fuel political shifts in key global polls.
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Otsuka Yumi: Writing My Own StoryOtsuka Yumi, the Chief Sustainability Officer of Toyota Motor Corporation, shares her journey to corporate leadership.
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The Ishiba-Trump EraOn Friday, Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru and President Donald Trump sat down for the first time to discuss the U.S.-Japan alliance.
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Blocking the Nippon Steel Acquisition: Politics Versus PolicyPresident Biden's decision to block Nippon Steel’s purchase of U.S. Steel will likely undermine rather than advance U.S. interests.
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Japan Reacts to Trump’s Victory, With Sheila Smith (Transition 2025, Episode 6)Sheila Smith, the John E. Merow senior fellow for Asia-Pacific studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how Trump’s victory is being viewed in Japan and what his presidency will mean for U.S.-Japanese relations and the security situation in northeast Asia. This episode is the sixth in a special TPI series on the U.S. 2025 presidential transition and is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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Japan Braces for Trump 2.0How Tokyo navigates tariffs and other Trump policies will be a test of leadership for both countries.
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Japan’s Ruling Coalition Rules No MoreOn Sunday, Japanese voters handed the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior partner, Komeito, an unmistakable defeat.
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France Presses for Lebanon Aid, Japan Holds Snap Election, Georgia’s Divided Vote, and MoreFrance seeks to spur international support for humanitarian aid for Lebanon as fighting grinds on between Israel and Hezbollah; Japan holds a snap general election as Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru hopes to rally the embattled and longtime ruling Liberal Democratic Party; Georgia heads to the polls in an election that could shift the country away from the European Union and firmly into Russia’s orbit; and China and India reach a border deal.
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NATO’s Indo-Pacific AspirationsAs China, North Korea, and Russia move into closer alignment, members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are concluding that European and Indo-Pacific security are not divisible.
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The LDP Leadership Race: Ishiba Shigeru WinsOn Friday, the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan chose its new leader— Ishiba Shigeru.
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Zelenskyy’s Diplomatic Drive, Japan’s New Leader, U.S. and Canadian Tariffs on China’s EVs, and MoreUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy intensifies efforts to galvanize greater political and financial support; Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will elect a new leader to become the next prime minister; the United States and Canada each impose a 100 percent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs); and Sri Lanka’s new president, Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake, calls for national elections.
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The Quad Leaders in DelawareOn Friday, three leaders from the Indo-Pacific converged on Wilmington, Delaware, to meet for the last time with President Joe Biden.