The DPJ's sense of duty
By HISAHIKO OKAZAKIUntil the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)'s win in Sunday's election, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) had dominated Japanese politics for more than half a century except for short...
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Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009Enough concessions on TaiwanBy HISAHIKO OKAZAKI For those who are concerned that democratic Taiwan should continue to have the freedom to choose its own future, President Barack...
View ArticleEnough concessions on Taiwan
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009Enough concessions on TaiwanBy HISAHIKO OKAZAKI For those who are concerned that democratic Taiwan should continue to have the freedom to choose its own future, President Barack...
View ArticleStronger alliance is on the way
The relationship of trust between Japan and the United States is in its worst state ever. After U.S. President Barack Obama refused to see Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama in Copenhagen and...
View ArticleWhat is "Okazaki's modern histry"
The Okazaki Institute is launching a new e-book series of five books, a total of eighty chapters, on the modern Japanese diplomatic history. This is a history of modern Japan written by a Japanese...
View ArticleMustu Munemitsu and His Age
PDFファイルでご覧頂けます。 Foreword Chapter 1 Father and Son —At the Apex of Eighteenth-Century Culture Chapter 2 Jitoku-O —Intellectual Pilgrimage of an Edo Elite Chapter 3 Meiji Restoration —Into the Era of...
View ArticleStronger alliance is on the way
The relationship of trust between Japan and the United States is in its worst state ever. After U.S. President Barack Obama refused to see Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama in Copenhagen and...
View ArticleUntold ties of friendship exist between Okinawa and the U.S.
Monday, May 3, 2010 Japan Times By HISAHIKO OKAZAKI The baseball team from Konan High School, Okinawa, emerged from the dramatic final game as the winner of the annual National High School Baseball...
View ArticleWhat has become of Japan?
What has become of Japan? Recently, I had a most bizarre experience. I was walking down a street when a total stranger approached me and asked, "What will become of Japan?" And this happened not once...
View ArticleKomura Jutaro and His Age
Chapter 1 Entertaining Poverty—Conviction of a Nationalist Immersed in State Affairs despite His Poverty— Chapter 2 Komura in His Element― Crazy and Pigheaded, as the Times Called For Chapter 3 The...
View ArticleStronger defense for region
Stronger defense for region Although the original version of this article was written for a Japanese daily, I initially had American readers in my mind as the main target of my argument. In his first...
View ArticleMr. Kan, stop wasting time
Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010 Japan Times By HISAHIKO OKAZAKI It has taken the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) two long months to settle on the continuation of Kan Naoto as prime minister. Whatever past...
View ArticleFighting Peace for Taiwan
Fighting peace for Taiwan Four months after the presidential elections in Taiwan, there is a big difference when comparing the aftereffects of the elections in 2008 to those in 2012. Four years ago,...
View ArticleShidehara Kijuro and His Age
Chapter 1 Diplomat of the New Age ― A Typical, Serious Bureaucrat in the Time of Peace ― Chapter 2 Beginning of an American Century ― Emerging Japan Encounters a Rising United States in the Pacific ―...
View ArticleTwo missed opportunities for Japan in island disputes
Since I have been requested to express my views on the territorial issues concerning the Takeshima islets and Senkaku Islands on several occasions recently, I thought it opportune to compile them into...
View ArticleJapan's step toward normalcy
Following the launch of a new Cabinet under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, certain elements in Japan and overseas are warning of a dangerous swing to the right in Japan politics. I find their concerns hard...
View ArticleDonation Request
The translation of five volumes on modern Japan’s diplomatic history is an independent project of the Okazaki Institute. As of September 2011, the first two volumes (Volume 1: Mutsu...
View Articleオバマ第二期政権を迎えて
賢臣に親しみ小人を遠ざけしは、此れ先漢の興隆せし所以なり。小人に親しみ賢臣を遠ざけしは、此れ後漢の傾頽（けいたい）せし所以なり。 （出師表） アメリカでは大統領選挙でオバマが再選され、閣僚の陣容を一新したが、これについては一抹の危惧を禁じ得ないのである。 第一期のオバマ政権はまさに、「賢臣に親しみ小人を遠ざく」という表現が当たる政権だった。...
View ArticleJapan-India-US Trilateral Strategic Dialogue
Japan-India-US Trilateral Strategic Dialogue on Security Issues in the Indo-Pacific Region The Japan-India-US Trilateral Strategic Dialogue on Security Issues in the Indo-Pacific Region is...
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