US-Japan Relations

In the wake of Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president, Japan is weighing the geopolitical and geo-economic implications of the new economic and security policies that his administration may adopt.

• Titli Basu
• December 20, 2016
• IDSA Comments

His words might fall short of assuaging all but his visit to Hiroshima is a testimony of Obama being a leader of substance.

• Preeti Nalwa
• May 30, 2016
• IDSA Comments

The revised defence guidelines have added value to the US-Japan partnership and the fundamental shift in Japanese security policy complements the US call upon Japan to shoulder greater security responsibility as a partner.

• Titli Basu
• May 29, 2015
• Issue Brief

A Sino-Japanese conflict is not in the US interest and certainly not in Japan’s. Stability in the regional security landscape cannot be solely guaranteed by reaffirming the US-Japan security alliance, which provides space for the US to flaunt its military might through deployment.

• Titli Basu
• May 20, 2014
• IDSA Comments

There certainly exists some logic behind India, Japan and the US working together, and that too in a region that lacks solid security architecture.

• Rajaram Panda , Victoria Tuke
• November 22, 2011
• Issue Brief

Wikileaks cables reveal a secret pact in which the Hatoyama administration agreed to honour the 2006 agreement on the relocation of Futenma if the US were to reject the proposed alternative.

• Rajaram Panda
• May 09, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Would China’s strategic error in inviting Japanese hostility place more blocks to its rise as an unchallenged regional power or would it be able to override the Japanese threat in ample measure by altering its strategic game and finding a meeting ground with the United States?

• Preeti Nalwa
• December 27, 2010
• IDSA Comments

China’s rise has become a matter of concern throughout Asia and led to changes in the strategic postures of its neighbours. Japan has begun to rethink its own defence strategy and security policy in response to China’s military modernization.

• Pranamita Baruah , Rajaram Panda , Shamshad A. Khan
• September 09, 2010
• Issue Brief

Notwithstanding popular criticism and opposition, the US-Japan security alliance and the presence of USFJ remain vital to Japanese foreign and security policies.

• Rajesh Kapoor
• June 10, 2010
• IDSA Comments

Getting the economy back on track would be Kan’s top most priority. Kan views ties with the US as the core of Japan’s foreign policy, though he also greatly values the relationship with China.

• Rajaram Panda
• June 09, 2010
• IDSA Comments