To understand why, after nearly a decade away from blogging, I have decided to revive Observing Japan, I would point to the final paragraph of my 2020 book, The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan.
You mention Japan's response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine was in part driven by expectations of the United States and G-7 peers. How much of this emerges from Japan's reliance on external balancing against China?
You mention Japan's response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine was in part driven by expectations of the United States and G-7 peers. How much of this emerges from Japan's reliance on external balancing against China?