Organising a loose strategic coalition might upset Beijing, but that's no reason not to forge ahead.

Asian leaders are looking for clues as to which America will show up in the remaining three-plus years of Trump’s term.

Were Seoul or Tokyo to acquire nuclear-weapons capacity, the region would not instantly become any more or less secure.

The Japanese PM doesn't need an untrusted US President setting his international security agenda.

Japan-Philippine relations under Duterte are testament to a meeting of fears.

Questions regarding the actual depth of India-Japan defence relations have resurfaced.

Our complicated relationship with China and the implications of President Trump for Australia have eclipsed thoughtful reflection on the Australia-Japan relationship.

Abe will be counting on uncertainty from North Korea to make Bill English-style conservative familiarity more attractive to the Japanese electorate.

While the security architecture of Asia in some flux, the future of the India-Japan relationship is looking very healthy indeed.

Japan is being tested as much as the missile itself.

Overall, the indications are that Abenomics has helped nudge the Japanese economy towards a stronger growth path.

The stability of Australia’s commercial relationship with Japan conceals some significant developments.

Relying on commercial ties to add ballast to bilateral diplomatic relations can quickly come undone if the deals start going wrong.

Domestic economic reform and constitutional reform should always have been two sides of the same coin.

Arrogance and carelessness in the LDP has disturbed, if not stopped, the advancement of realistic security policy.

There is much complaining in South Korea and Japan that missile defence is too expensive. The time for this whining is over.

Critics say the aggressive approach to the anti-conspiracy legislation underlines a creeping, somewhat authoritarian tone in the government.

How a preschool scandal could curtail Shinzo Abe's ambitions.

Yesterday afternoon Euan Graham spoke with prominent Japanese Sinologist Seiichiro Takagi.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has accomplished what no other foreign leaders has with US President Donald Trump.

Major change is underway in the region and has been for some time.

Australia and Japan are currently more united in mutual caution than shared strategic ambition for the bilateral defence relationship

A peace treaty with Russia is the holy grail of Japanese diplomacy.

The view from Tokyo on world and regional affairs at the moment is perhaps best described as sitting on the edge of a game of go.

Over the last four years, the threat posed by North Korea has grown.

The fissure that has opened between Manila and Washington has given Tokyo an opportunity to play a larger regional role.