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U.S.-Japan Space Participants featured in Japan Spotlight

In January 2018, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation convened the sixth meeting of the U.S.-Japan Space Forum in Washington, D.C. The group of American and Japanese experts from the private sector, academia, and government has met regularly since 2014 to address...

Time for Japan to Recalibrate?

U.S.-Japan Network for the Future Cohort III scholar Shihoko Goto (Woodrow Wilson Center) observes that “Japan is at a critical juncture in assessing how the United States fits into its own strategy of furthering its own economic and security interests as the regional...

Developments in China

Mansfield Foundation Senior Fellow Andrew Collier (Managing Director, Orient Capital Research) discussed recent financial and political developments in China on Bloomberg’s Daybreak Asia program   August 10.  Mr. Collier and his colleagues at Orient Capital Research...

China’s Financial Summit: The Leadership Meets Hard Reality

Mansfield Foundation Senior Fellow Andrew Collier (Managing Director, Orient Capital Research) concludes that, in regard to future restrictions on credit, China will reduce certain kinds of highly visible and risky credit but will not significantly restrict overall...

Economic Benchmarks in China

Mansfield Foundation Senior Fellow Andrew Collier (Managing Director, Orient Capital Research) concludes that shadow banking credit flows are better indicators of China’s economic strength than official data in “Bad Economic Benchmarks in China,” posted on the...