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Business | Commentary Oct 28, 2019

Is Japan's rail diplomacy on the right track in S.E. Asia?

by Shang-Su Wu

The recent development of Japan's high-speed rail projects in Southeast Asia may suggest the shinkansen is leaving the center of its railway diplomacy. Beijing began to export its own HSR systems overseas under the Belt and Road initiative in the last decade. Meanwhile, the Abe ...

National / Politics | Commentary Sep 12, 2019

This time it's for real: U.S. must help Tokyo and Seoul end crisis

by Satohiro Akimoto

For years, tension between Japan and South Korea has waxed and waned in a cyclical pattern. In the recent past, friction and animosity has repeatedly emerged as a result of the politicization of historical issues. Tension would subside only after the political winds changed to ...