Japan

Rahm on Trump and China: “He is the worst negotiator.”

Rahm Emanuel returns to ChinaTalk with a characteristically blunt assessment of U.S.-China relations and verdict on year one of Trump 2.0.

Dec 18, 2025 • Jordan Schneider and Phoebe Chow

Why Chinese Elite Rùn to Japan

Why are Chinese moving to Tokyo?

Nov 17, 2025 • Jordan Schneider and Eleanor Randolph

What's Next For Japan

Takaichi takes the reins

Oct 29, 2025 • Jordan Schneider and Phoebe Chow

Where Japan Goes Next

Inside Japan’s Political Upheaval

Jul 24, 2025 • Lily Ottinger, Jordan Schneider, and Tobias Harris

Japan and Trump

Why has Japan fallen out of Trump’s good graces?

Jul 18, 2025 • Jordan Schneider and Lily Ottinger

Deterring a Taiwan Invasion

straight from the Japan military archives

Jul 7, 2025 • Nicholas Welch

Trump and the future of extended deterrence

Apr 30, 2025 • Jordan Schneider and Lily Ottinger

Critical Mineral Export Restrictions

+ ChinaTalk at NeurIPS!

Dec 6, 2024 • Jordan Schneider

Ishiba and a World Without Japan

ChinaTalk’s Tokyo correspondent Dylan Levi King with an essay on the future of the LDP and Japan.

Sep 29, 2024 • Dylan Levi King

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