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Japan's Voices

Japan’s Voices is a platform of the JIIA Center for Global Outreach (CGO) for sharing Japan’s intellectual contributions on major regional and global challenges.
It also provides a forum for distinguished international experts to offer their perspectives on Japan, including their assessments of Japan’s policies and contributions and their expectations for the roles Japan can play in the international community.

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[Japan’s Voices No. 21] What Japan Must Do in Energy Policy After the Iran War: The “Asia Shock” Triggered by the Iran War

Sumiko Takeuchi (Member of the Board of Directors and Senior Fellow, International Environment and Economy Institute)

02.09.2026

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[Japan’s Voices No.20 / Global Perspectives on Japan] The FOIP at Ten: Latin America's Unfinished Strategic Conversation

Juan Pablo Toro (Senior research fellow, AthenaLab, Chile)

27.08.2026

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[Japan’s Voices No.19 / Global Perspectives on Japan] From the Arctic to the Indo-Pacific: Finland and Japan’s Converging Strategic Perspectives

Jari Vilén（Finland’s Ambassador for the Indo-Pacific）
Ari Heikkinen（Senior Adviser at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland）

27.08.2026

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[Japan’s Voices No.18] Toward Happy Economics: How “Multiple Management” Can Transform Innovation into Sustainable Prosperity

Soichiro Chiba (Founder and Chair of Thousandleaf)

17.08.2026

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[Japan’s Voices No.17] Protecting Japan’s International Submarine Cables

Motohiro Tsuchiya (Adjunct Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)

30.07.2026

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[Japan’s Voices No.16] A Takaichi Doctrine to navigate great power competition

Stephen R. Nagy (CGO Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)

13.07.2026

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[Japan’s Voices No.15] Managing the Challenges of the Global Economy Without Breaking It: The Opportunities and Limits of Collective Resilience

Saori N. Katada (Adjunct Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)

06.07.2026

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[Japan’s Voices No.14] Japan-China Relations in an Era of Complex World Dynamics

29.06.2026

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[Japan’s Voices No.13] How Should Japan Deal with Trump’s America?

Fumiaki KUBO (Senior Adjunct Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)

24.06.2026

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[Japan’s Voices No.12] Japan’s Updated FOIP: A Strategy for a Changing Indo-Pacific

17.06.2026

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[Japan’s Voices No.11] Japan's 2026 Intelligence Reform: Structure, Background, and Prospects

Yoshiki Kobayashi（Professor, Institute of Information Security (IISEC), Japan）

05.06.2026

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[Japan’s Voices No.10] Japan’s Winning Strategy in the Era of Physical AI: Transforming Frontline Excellence into AI-Ready Data to Reshape Industrial Structures for Global Leadership

Yousuke Okada (Founder and CEO of ABEJA, Inc.)

27.05.2026

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[Japan’s Voices No.9] Japan’s Pragmatic Risk-Hedging in an Age of Strategic Uncertainty :The Takaichi Administration’s Updated Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP)

Mie Oba（CGO Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs）

20.05.2026

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[Japan’s Voices No.8] Japan’s Bold Moves for Energy Resilience in Asia: POWERR Asia and AZEC 2.0 Japan’s New Flagship Regional Initiatives

Takio Yamada (Executive Director, JIIA Center for Global Outreach)

20.04.2026

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[Japan’s Voices No.7] At a Time of Nuclear Uncertainty: An Interview with Izumi Nakamitsu

Izumi Nakamitsu (UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs)

17.04.2026