NEWS & EVENTS

On November 28th, Brookings Director of the Center for East Asia Policy Studies (CEAP) and Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies Dr. Mireya Solís visited the Reischauer Center to discuss key findings from her latest book, Japan’s Quiet Leadership.

In her remarks, Dr. Solís summarized her book, which provides a sweeping look at Japan’s domestic economic and political evolution, its economic statecraft, and the array of geopolitical challenges that have triggered a gradual but substantial shift in the country’s security profile. It also explains how Japan’s trajectory over the last three decades underscores Japan’s hidden strengths in its democratic resilience, social stability, and proactive diplomacy while reckoning with the profound challenges of depopulation, rising inequality, voter disengagement, and threats to Asia’s long peace.