It was in 2008, in the aftermath of the global financial crisis when Barack Obama was elected the president of the United States with the support of a grassroots campaign using social media.
The intensifying U.S.-China conflict and supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are fueling the debate on economic security policy in Japan.
As the Xi Jinping administration intensifies its confrontational stance towards the U.S., it is speeding up domestic production of semiconductors which are “the rice of industry,” in fear of decoupling from the international supply chain.