Economic security and mega chokepoints: Japan's strategic reset | Brookings On May 4, Brookings will host a panel to explore the challenges and opportunities to buttressing national resilience.

Economic security and mega chokepoints: Japan’s strategic reset www.brookings.edu/events/econo...

Japan Pledges $10 Billion to Help Countries Cope With Oil Prices

Japan Pledges $10 Billion to Help Countries Cope With Oil Prices www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/b...

Opinion | Why Iran Believes It Has the Upper Hand The Iran expert Suzanne Maloney explains how Iran views the war, and why the United States is losing.

What does Iran think it's gaining from the current conflict—and what are the implications for U.S. policy? Suzanne Maloney breaks it down on the Ezra Klein Show 🎙️

Watch Takaichi and Trump Face Iran War Strain - Bloomberg The Brookings Institution's Asia Policy Studies Center Research Director Mireya Solis analyzes the high-stakes meeting between PM Sanae Takaichi and President Donald Trump as the Iran war tests the US...

I spoke to Bloomberg about the stakes of Takaichi's encounter with Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Strengthens U.S.-Japan Alliance for the Benefit of All Americans DELIVERING FOR AMERICAN WORKERS: Today, President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met at the White House and announced new initiatives

Nothing on Iran, reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and addressing the global oil shock in the U.S.-Japan leaders' summit factsheet: www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

Trump Jokes About Pearl Harbor in Meeting With Japan’s Leader

Quoted in the New York Times' fast reaction to the Oval Office session with the press: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/u...

US findings about Takaichi's Taiwan comments 'inaccurate': Japan American intelligence report called PM's November remarks 'significant shift'

The latest one just dropped: asia.nikkei.com/politics/int...

Late-breaking shocks and shifting goalposts: Takaichi’s highwire Washington visit | Brookings As Takaichi walks into the Oval Office in Washington this week, her mettle will be tested in ways not foreseen just a few days ago.

The Trump-Takaichi meet today has been taken over by a series of late-breaking shocks: www.brookings.edu/articles/lat...

Trump-Takaichi Summit Preview: Iran War, Tariffs, and China Pressure YouTube video by TAG (The Asia Group)

Mira and I talk about the many angles of the summit today. Have a listen! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm-I...

The U.S.-Japan Summit, Trade Deals, and What It All Means for Korea | Eye on Korea Ep. 29 YouTube video by Korea Economic Institute of America

It was my pleasure to speak with Scott Snyder about PM Takaichi's high stakes Washington trip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqrz...

Late-breaking shocks and shifting goalposts: Takaichi’s highwire Washington visit | Brookings As Takaichi walks into the Oval Office in Washington this week, her mettle will be tested in ways not foreseen just a few days ago.

Happy to share some thoughts on a rapidly shifting Trump-Takaichi summit www.brookings.edu/articles/lat...

Late-breaking shocks and shifting goalposts: Takaichi’s highwire Washington visit | Brookings As Takaichi walks into the Oval Office in Washington this week, her mettle will be tested in ways not foreseen just a few days ago.

Late-breaking shocks and shifting goalposts: Takaichi’s highwire Washington visit www.brookings.edu/articles/lat...

China’s economic coercion strengthens Takaichi’s hand China’s economic coercion may inadvertently be reinforcing Japan’s defence buildup in ways Beijing could come to regret.

eastasiaforum.org/2026/03/11/c...

Japan’s Quiet Leadership: Reshaping the Indo-Pacific Published in Japan Forum (Ahead of Print, 2026)

Truly grateful to Manish Jung Pulami for this most incisive review of Japan’s Quiet Leadership: Reshaping the Indo-Pacific: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

What happens if the US takes out Khamenei? YouTube video by Brookings Institution

In January on the Current podcast, @asliaydintasbas.bsky.social asked Iran expert Suzanne Maloney what would happen if Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei died in a U.S. bombing campaign. Watch part of their discussion 👇

Brookings experts on the Supreme Court's tariff decision | Brookings Experts discuss the legal, economic, fiscal, and geopolitical implications of the Supreme Courts' recent tariff decision.

While the Supreme Court's tariff decision reshapes a key tool of U.S. trade strategy, it does not end the tariff debate. Scholars across Brookings unpack the legal, economic, fiscal, and geopolitical implications of the decision.

What lessons can be learned from Japan’s critical minerals strategy? | Brookings Mireya Solís sits down with Eiki Tagami of the Institute of Geoeconomics to examine Japan’s critical minerals strategy in this Q&A.

As China cranks up export controls against Japan -now targeting 40 Japanese companies- more important to understand Japan's strategies to reduce dependence on critical minerals: www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...

Brookings experts on the Supreme Court's tariff decision | Brookings Experts discuss the legal, economic, fiscal, and geopolitical implications of the Supreme Courts' recent tariff decision.

Happy to add brief thoughts on Asia's predicament as Trump's "Plan B" for tariffs takes shape: www.brookings.edu/articles/bro...

China restricts exports to Japanese companies to curb 'remilitarization' Automakers, shipbuilders, trading house units among 40 entities named

China's pressure campaign on Japan has taken a more serious turn: asia.nikkei.com/politics/int...

Japan conveys concerns to US over trade terms in new 150-day tariffs Economy minister asks for consistency with levy ceiling agreed in negotiations

Tokyo needs to reconfirm it will not be disadvantaged by new U.S. trade moves: asia.nikkei.com/economy/trad...

What lessons can be learned from Japan’s critical minerals strategy? | Brookings Mireya Solís sits down with Eiki Tagami of the Institute of Geoeconomics to examine Japan’s critical minerals strategy in this Q&A.

Delighted to share this insightful analysis from Eiki Tagami on Japan’s critical minerals strategy: www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...

IEEPA tariff decision is out:

"Held: IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs. The judgment in No. 24–1287 is vacated, and the case is remanded with instructions to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction; the judgment in No. 25–250 is affirmed."

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

What Americans Really Think About Trade and Tariffs | Council on Foreign Relations Trade is seen as mutually beneficial, but Americans’ views on tariffs are largely shaped by partisanship.

Out today--> CFR-Morning Consult survey on what Americans really think about trade and tariffs:

-Americans understand what tariffs are, and their costs
-They prefer cooperation over confrontation
-They support some guardrails on executive tariff action

www.cfr.org/articles/wha...

Takaichi signals budgeting reform with multi-year framework: Speech draft Strategic investments to be ringfenced from budget cycle to enhance predictability

Important changes afoot in Japan's economic policy-making: asia.nikkei.com/politics/tak...

Japan’s $550 billion capital commitment to the U.S. stuck in committee Talks have been tough, and significant gaps remain on the fine details of the first deals.

👀www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/13/econ...

Read "Japan's thunderbolt election: Takaichi resets politics, economics, and diplomacy," by Mireya Solis (2000-01) @mireyasolis.bsky.social. www.brookings.edu/articles/jap...

Japan’s thunderbolt election: Takaichi resets politics, economics, and diplomacy | Brookings Japan’s first-ever female leader delivered the biggest win for her party since its creation 70 years ago, but big challenges lie ahead.

Japan’s thunderbolt election: Takaichi resets politics, economics, and diplomacy www.brookings.edu/articles/jap...

Is Trump reshaping the world order? | Brookings Brookings scholars examine how President Trump's recent foreign policy moves mean for the United States and the international order.

President Trump’s recent foreign policy moves have sent shockwaves across the international community.

Scholars from across Brookings unpack how these actions are disrupting long-established norms—and what that means for the U.S. and international order.

Japan key opposition forces register new 'Centrist Reform Alliance' party CDP, Komeito to unify candidates in snap election to counter ruling coalition

Japanese politics moving at dizzying speed: asia.nikkei.com/politics/jap...

Japan companies assessing impact of China’s rare-earth curbs Any impact is unlikely to be apparent until next month, according to a person familiar with the matter.

www.japantimes.co.jp/business/202...