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This issue, whose redaction is run by Guibourg Delamotte, proposes a detailed and critical analysis of the debate on the American base in Futenma. It deals with the way the Prime Ministers Kan Naoto and Hatoyama Yukio handled that delicate…
On June 2, Yukio Hatoyama declared his intention to resign from his post as a prime minister. Japan’s diplomacy under Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama had been at a serious deadlock and under continuous attacks. The biggest reason for this was…
The interactions between the Chinese economy and the rest of the world are now huge, but expectations – and hopes – that Beijing would internationalise its currency as its economy converged with others have been frustrated. Why? In that latest…
On Wednesday October 6th 2010 the EU holds summit meetings with both China and South Korea. Europe will only be able to deal effectively with rising powers like China if it understands China’s approach to a world undergoing historical changes….
The Hatoyama government is undertaking major institutional reforms in order to increase the influence of politicians in the decision- making process. Among the commitments set out in its manifesto, the Democratic Party Japan (Minshutô) has expressed its aim of bringing…
In the latest edition of China Analysis, published by the ECFR and Asia Centre, we look at how Beijing views climate policies in the wake of the Copenhagen conference. China was blamed for forcing the conference into disarray and preventing…
The Democratic Party (Minshutô) won the general election on August 30th, when it gained 191 seats. With 308 seats, it retains an absolute majority in the Lower House (which requires 241). The Liberal Democrat Party, which lost 181 seats, has…
In this issue of China Analysis, the authors argue that Beijing is taking a short term view in the debate over international economic governance after the global financial crisis. China Analysis, a joint ECFR and Asia Centre publication, introduces European…
For those Europeans concerned with EU-China relations, having a look at recent trends in China’s dealings with India may be unexpectedly illuminating. Europeans have tended to believe that their own shortcomings are the sole origin of difficulties faced in the…
Summary – CLOSE UP ON THE NEWS – The electoral prospects of Minshutô’s (not so) new leadership The repercussions of the North Korean crisis – POINTS OF NEWS – Kitaoka Shin’ichi, “The end of the Tanaka style of politics, and…