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The Japan Memo is a monthly podcast series that analyses why Japan matters in today’s regional and global geopolitical landscape. In each episode, Robert Ward of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Japan Chair Programme, will bring in strategists, experts and practitioners from around the world to examine how Japan is using its diplomatic, economic and military tools to achieve its strategic goals, and what lessons it offers to other countries.

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  • Key takeaways from the 22nd IISS Shangri-La Dialogue with Professor Jimbo Ken
    Jun 6 2025

    In this special edition of Japan Memo Season 5, Robert Ward reports from Singapore on the 22nd IISS Shangri-La Dialogue.

    Joining him is Professor Jimbo Ken, Managing Director of the International House of Japan, President of the Asia Pacific Initiative, and Professor at Keio University’s Faculty of Policy Management. They deliver timely and in-depth analysis of this year’s key developments and strategic narratives.

    Robert and Professor Jimbo discuss:

    · Major themes and takeaways from the 2025 Dialogue and how it compares with previous years

    · Key messages from US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s speech

    · Regional perspectives on China’s activities and strategic posture

    · Analysis of Japanese Defense Minister Nakatani Gen’s address

    · ASEAN’s evolving role in an increasingly contested regional order


    We hope you enjoy the episode and please follow, rate, and subscribe to Japan Memo on your podcast platform of choice. If you have any comments or questions, please contact us at japanchair@iiss.org.

    Date recorded: 1 June 2025

    This episode of Japan Memo was recorded in Singapore and produced at the IISS in London.


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    32 m
  • Deepening Japan–UK relations with Professor Hosoya Yuichi, Professor Yee Kuang Heng, and Fenella McGerty
    May 20 2025

    Robert Ward hosts Professor Hosoya Yuichi, Professor of International Politics at Keio University, Professor Yee Kuang Heng, Professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy and Director of the Security Studies Unit at the Institute for Future Initiatives at the University of Tokyo, and Fenella McGerty, the IISS Senior Fellow for defence economics in the Defence and Military Analysis Programme. They discuss Japan-UK relations.

    Robert, Yuichi, Yee Kuang and Fenella discuss: 


    • Japan-UK diplomatic alignment, amid the UK’s tilt towards the Indo-Pacific
    • Japan-UK defence partnership, including the GCAP, the UK CSG deployment to the Indo-Pacific
    • Japan-UK economic cooperation, including the bilateral economic 2+2, the UK accession to the CPTTP


    We hope you enjoy the episode and please follow, rate, and subscribe to Japan Memo on your podcast platform of choice. If you have any comments or questions, please contact us at japanchair@iiss.org.

    Date recorded: 6 May 2025 

    Japan Memo is recorded and produced at the IISS in London. 


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    49 m
  • Japan’s role in Indo-Pacific minilateralism
    Apr 11 2025
    Robert Ward hosts Dr Bart Gaens, Senior Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs and Japan Chair at the International Centre for Defence and Security, Tatsumi Yuki, Senior Fellow at the Stimson Center, and Dr Alice Dell’Era, Assistant Professor at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. They discuss Japan’s role in Indo-Pacific minilateralism.

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    55 m
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