(By BRAHMA CHELLANEY) With Asia in transition and the specter of a power imbalance looming large, it has...

The Japan Times • Wednesday January 13, 2010 • Politics

Fellow correspondents tell me that they are noticing the same trend that has been worrying me for a while: newspaper...

Kjeld Duits • Wednesday May 20, 2009 • Society

Only a third of Japanese think ties with the United States, Tokyo’s most important security ally, are in good shape,...

Reuters • Friday December 19, 2008 • Society

Japan will probably find itself caught between the United States and China over the next 17 years, with its foreign...

The Japan Times • Saturday November 22, 2008 • Politics

On November 5th, 2008 the small Japanese town of Obama celebrated Senator Barack Obama’s historical election as the next US...

Kjeld Duits • Wednesday November 5, 2008 • Politics