With Hatoyama’s determination to wrest policymaking power from bureaucrats in full swing, Japan is likely to witness an intense battle between the political masters and the powerful bureaucrats for supremacy.

• Rajaram Panda
• March 02, 2010
• Comment

With APEC accounting for half the world’s global economic output and 44 per cent of its trade value, Japan’s role in creating a region wide free-trade zone and developing a strategy for economic growth of the Asia Pacific is expected to be decisive for the world economy.

• Pranamita Baruah
• February 25, 2010
• Comment

The delicately maintained peace in the Korean peninsula once again looks fragile in the wake of the war of words and exchange of artillery fire along the disputed western sea border in January 2010.

• Rajaram Panda
• February 15, 2010
• Comment

Ozawa’s clout, power and influence remain formidable and he is likely to remain an active player in Japanese politics.

• Rajaram Panda
• February 10, 2010
• Comment

China’s missile defence test could possibly up the ante in the region, with other regional powers considering measures in reaction.

• Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
• February 01, 2010
• Comment

There is a contradiction between the CCP methodology which is based on loyalty to the authoritarian ideology and the information age which recognizes the importance of the individual as a critical entity.

• Gunjan Singh
• January 28, 2010
• Comment

The military dialogue seems likely to remain suspended over the arms sales issue; discord over Iran’s nuclear issue may increase and more war of words may define the relationships between the two countries.

• Rajaram Panda
• January 25, 2010
• Issue Brief

To gain the trust of Seoul and Beijing, the DPJ government plans to present a bill in the Diet for granting the right of franchise to foreign nationals registered as permanent residents, a majority of whom are South Korean and Chinese.

• Shamshad A. Khan
• January 21, 2010
• Comment

The Joint Statement catapulted India-Japan strategic and global partnership to a “New Stage” in which the bilateral relationship is going to be deepened on all fronts, embracing regional, global and economic issues.

• Rajaram Panda
• January 07, 2010
• Comment

Clearly, there is immense scope for cooperation between India and Myanmar to deal in agro-based products, floriculture, engineering, timber and tobacco and expand business cooperation. Although there has been a significant increase in bilateral trade in recent years, full potential has yet to be realised.

• Saurabh
• January 06, 2010
• Comment