Articles by Hisane MASAKI

New Energy Fuels Japan's Diplomacy: From the Middle East to Central Asia

Japan Vies With China for Dominance in Indochina and ASEAN

The Great Japan-Mongolia Love Affair: What price the UN Security Council Seat?

Japan Shields Itself from Attack

Is Japan a Cultural Looter?

Japan's FTA Drive, East Asian Regional Leadership and the China Challenge

Goodbye Iran, Hello Iraq: Japan's and China's Oil Prospects in the Balance

Russian Energy Maneuvers Challenge Japan: The Sakhalin Ploy

Japan Intelligence Satellite Launch Pushes the Boundaries of Self-defense: the North Korea Connection

Japan Joins the Energy Race in Central Asia

Japan and China Race for African Oil

Japan Stares into a Demographic Abyss

Japan Joins the Race for Uranium Amid Global Expansion of Nuclear Power

Japan s Drive in Central Asia

Shopping at the Village Stall: Japan s new development initiative

China Rivalry Fuels Japan's FTA drive

After Kyoto: Japanese firms rush to cash in on gas emission reductions

Sunset for Japanese Chip Makers? A new front in Japan-Korea

Okinawa Base Plan for US Forces Boosted by Election

Japan's New Energy Strategy

Where is Japan Heading?

Defiant Japan Fights for Its Leather Industry: A WTO Saga and an Historic Taboo

Putin's Diplomatic Victory in Tokyo: Regional Perspective on Russia-Japan Relations