Kei Hakata

Jun 30, 2024 | qoshe.com | Jagannath Panda |Kei Hakata

Aa Aa Aa - A + “In order to make the connectivity linking Japan and Europe something rock-solid, the Indo-Pacific, the sea route that leads to the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, must be free and open.” Speaking in Brussels in September 2019, then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed his sentiments about Europe and its role in securing the........ © The Japan Times visit website

Jun 30, 2024 | japantimes.co.jp | Jagannath Panda |Kei Hakata

“In order to make the connectivity linking Japan and Europe something rock-solid, the Indo-Pacific, the sea route that leads to the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, must be free and open.” Speaking in Brussels in September 2019, then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed his sentiments about Europe and its role in securing the future of the Indo-Pacific ― a region vital for Europe’s economic survival.

Mar 4, 2024 | isdp.eu | Ganesh Sahathevan |Prakash Panneerselvam |Jagannath Panda |Kei Hakata

In the data-driven world we live in, submarine cables are the arteries that connect nation-states and their people in literally every human activity, including trade, commerce, entertainment, and social interactions. Any interference in that flow of data can disrupt lives and livelihoods and compromise the capacity of nation-states to trade, communicate, and defend their interests.

Nov 3, 2023 | thediplomat.com | Kei Hakata

What to make of Prime Minister Kishida’s repeated calls for a “free and open international order based on the rule of law”? Prime Minister Kishida Fumio gave a policy speech in the 212th session of Japan’s Diet on October 23. The speech stirred interest among many analysts, who speculated that Kishida would dissolve the Diet to call for a snap general election. However, that scenario fizzled amid declining approval ratings. There was no surprise in bold tax cuts, either.

May 3, 2023 | orfonline.org | Kei Hakata |Brendon J. Cannon

Once again, Japan has unveiled an emotive foreign policy vision in New Delhi. More than 15 years after the late Shinzo Abe pronounced his pivotal “Confluence of the Two Seas” speech at the Indian Parliament in August 2007, Japan is at it again. This time, it was Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida who disclosed a new plan for a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” (FOIP) at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) in March 2023.