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Publisher's Note

February, 2009

AJISS Commentary aims to present a variety of Japanese views on international relations to international intellectuals interested in Japanese external policy. For these purposes, AJISS-Commentary invites a wide range of Japanese thinkers and practitioners to express their views.

Three leading Japanese think tanks have joined forces to form The Association of Japanese Institutes of Strategic Studies (AJISS) to publish AJISS-Commentary.
The institutes are:

IIPSInstitute for International Policy Studies

JIIAThe Japan Institute of International Affairs (Secretariat)

RIPSResearch Institute for Peace and Security

Akio Watanabe is the editor of AJISS-Commentary.
Editorial board members are:
Masashi Nishihara
Hideki Asari
Taizo Yakushiji

AJISS-Commentary is an occasional op-ed type publication. The views expressed are the authors' own and should not be attributed to The Association of Japanese Institutes of Strategic Studies.


Yoshiji Nogami
Online Publisher, AJISS-Commentary
President, The Japan Institute of International Affairs
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