Kenji Kushida

I was interviewed today on a segment for PBS NewsHour just before the meeting between Prime Minister Takaichi and the US president.
It's always an honor -- thank you!
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Is Takaichi Japan’s Future? A contender to be Japan’s next prime minister, Takaichi is quickly being confronted by complicated coalition dynamics and tough domestic problems.

Japanese politics took several unexpected turns, with Takaichi Sanae winning the LDP presidency and the Komeito leaving its coalition with the LDP. Here's my @carnegieendowment.org piece (that had to course-correct quickly to push out before the long weekend).

carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

What Awaits Japan’s Next Prime Minister With the resignation of Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru, Japan’s next leader faces a challenging international and domestic landscape. Reeling from electoral defeats, the LDP must navigate security and ...

What awaits Japan's Next Prime Minister? My new piece from @carnegieendowment.org aimed at the space between short news articles and commentaries that are timely but lack space for a deeper dive, and deeper academic analyses that take far longer to come out.

carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Write a little piece last week about how concrete ways that Japan and South Korea can engage in technology collaborate by addressing common societal challenges. Now, on to action!

Japan Is Trying to Be a Model Partner. Trump Is Pushing It Away. Tokyo won’t walk away from Washington, but it also is working to strengthen economic and security ties with other countries.

Carnegie has a series of short pieces focused how various countries' relationship with the US has changed in the first 100 days of this US administration, from the perspective of each country. Here is mine on Japan.

carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

Innovative Japan, Global Japan Japan is more innovative than commonly understood, and more global than often given credit for. Too often the narrative for Japan is that it lacks the capability to innovate effectively in its several...

Delighted to announce the new "Innovative Japan, Global Japan" page at @carnegieendow.bsky.social that puts our distinctive research streams and programs in one place.

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