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Asia Pacific / Politics | Commentary Aug 29, 2019

U.S. leader's chaotic diplomacy offers chance with Kim

by Satohiro Akimoto

Two months after the dramatic Trump-Kim meeting at the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea, the world's most heavily fortified border is back to its perpetual state of tension, as if nothing happened. When U.S. President Donald Trump set foot into North Korea and ...

National / Politics | Commentary Jul 22, 2019

In wake of election, a host of foreign policy challenges await Abe

by J. Berkshire Miller

After Sunday's election, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party — along with its coalition partner Komeito — remains firmly in the saddle with a strong majority in both the Upper and Lower Houses of the Diet. While the results of the poll were not surprising, they ...