East Asia
Prospects for East Asia (ex-China) in 2025
Japan and South Korea will remain encumbered by weak governments while North Korea faces its own challenges
East AsiaEast Asian defence cooperation will be tested
Top US officials have attended a flurry of high-level meetings in the region
East AsiaShrinking workforce will dent East Asia’s economies
The emergence of ‘super-aged’ East Asian societies and attendant labour shortages look set to erode economic activity
East AsiaEast Asian trilateralism will mitigate polarisation
Beijing, Tokyo and Seoul have held their first trilateral summit in five years
East AsiaEast Asian trilateral will affect US-China dynamics
The leaders of South Korea, Japan and China have held their first trilateral summit in four years
East AsiaEast Asian trilateral summit will ease tensions
Reports indicate that Japan, China and South Korea will hold a summit at the end of May
East AsiaEast Asian manufacturing and trade to pick up modestly
Japan’s March industrial output picked up and China’s April manufacturing PMI was solid, but its services PMI slowed
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