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Yuriko Koike
Is China Asia’s new hegemon, or is a balance of power emerging among China, India, Japan, and the United States? Is Japan breaking away from American tutelage? Will the rise of the consumer transform Asia’s export-led economies? Can Asia’s giants cope with climate change without choking off growth? Is a cooperative regional infrastructure such as exists in Europe possible?
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Japan’s Financial Truant
Yuriko Koike Series: Asia Watch 
2010-03-12Last year, Japanese voters chose the Democratic Party of Japan in order to change the country. Instead, they have mostly seen the same old political scandals - and, worse, the same inaction on restoring the country's fiscal and economic health.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 1527
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The Suzuki Alliance
Yuriko Koike Series: Asia Watch 2010-02-12
The strategic interests of India and Japan are almost perfectly aligned, and each shares a desire to stabilize and preserve Asia’s balance of power. So it is no surprise that Japan is pushing to develop closer economic and strategic ties – an effort pioneered by key Japanese companies, particularly Suzuki. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 6320
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How to Undermine an Alliance
Yuriko Koike Series: Asia Watch
2010-01-132010 marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Japan-United States Security Treaty. But, instead of celebrating an agreement that has helped stabilize East Asia for a half-century, the treaty is now at serious risk, as much from Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's indecision as from his government's deep strains of anti-Americanism.... read Comments: 3 Recommended: 0 Read: 6472
