Yasushi Tomiyama's Archives
Article by Yasushi Tomiyama was Published in VIF’s New Journal
An analytical article written by Yasushi Tomiyama, a Planning Committee member and a senior fellow of the JINF, was published on August 1 in the inaugural issue of the National Security, a new, policy...
【#532(Special)】Objection to Proposal for Japan and U.S. to Join AIIB
July 30, 2018 In the present world, a camp of countries that share values emphasizing freedom, democracy, human rights, market economy and rule-based international order is confronting with a...
【#522】Trump’s “Money First” Is Problematic
June 18, 2018 The agreement at the first ever summit between the United States and North Korea in Singapore on June 12 is too vague to lead us to become confident that North Korea will really...
【#513】No Rush to Improve Relations with China
May 14, 2018 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe accompanied Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on his trip to Hokkaido after a Japan-China-South Korea summit in Tokyo last week and sent him off at a local air...
【#503】Japan, U.S. Should Share Policy on North Korea
March 19, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson last week. It is difficult to predict how the replacement of the chief diplomat would affect the U.S. policy ...
【#495】No Long-term China Strategy Found in Trump’s Address
February 5, 2018 In his State of the Union address on January 30, U.S. President Donald Trump cited “rogue regimes” of North Korea and Iran, “terrorist groups” such as the Islamic State and “...
【#489】Democracies’ Solidarity Required to Counter China Risk
January 9, 2018 At the beginning of 2018, Western media are filled with predictions on the new year’s international situation. One of focuses in these predictions is China’s growing influence...
【#453(Special)】Relying on China over N. Korea Reaching a Limit
July 10, 2017 The U.S. and Chinese presidents met in Hamburg, Germany, on July 8. While U.S. President Donald Trump emphasized the need to respond to North Korea’s growing threat of nuclear a...
【#443】Mattis’s Uncompromising Attitude towards China
June 5, 2017 A speech by U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis at the Asia Security Summit (the Shangri-La Dialogue) in Singapore on June 3 was significant in that it declared the Trump adminis...
【#440(Special)】Trump Administration Is Lenient toward China
May 15, 2017 The Trump administration is remarkably lenient toward China in its Asian diplomacy, giving top priority to securing China’s cooperation in dealing with the North Korean nuclear i...