Author

Shihoko Goto

Deputy Director for Geoeconomics with the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Asia Program and Senior Editor at The Globalist

[Washington D.C., United States]

Shihoko Goto is responsible for research, programming and publications on Japan, South Korea and Taiwan at the Woodrow Wilson Center.

Prior to joining the Wilson Center, she spent over ten years as a journalist. Her focus was on writing about the international political economy, with an emphasis on Asian markets.

As a correspondent for Dow Jones News Service and United Press International, she reported extensively on U.S. government policies impacting the global financial system and international trade.

Ms. Goto was also an external affairs officer at the World Bank, promoting the agency’s activities in Japan and Western Europe. Her work has been published in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and by the BBC, among others.

She has been a recipient of the Freeman Foundation’s Jefferson Fellowship and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s journalism fellowship for the Salzburg Global Seminar.

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Articles by Shihoko Goto

Global Health & Global Women

Parents in the Time of a Pandemic: A Silent Lament

This is a good time to assess what works best to relieve family stress.

October 4, 2020

Global Culture & Global Diplomacy

Shinzo Abe’s Legacy for Japan

Japan’s longest-serving prime minister achieved not only a stable Japan — but one with a clear view of its own identity and role in the world.

August 31, 2020

Global Diplomacy & Global Women

How Angela Merkel Inspires the Japanese

Germany has always been an inspiration to Japan since the country opened itself up. These days, it may be Angela Merkel and her brand of leadership that inspires Japan the most.

July 3, 2020

Global Health, Global Justice & Global Racism

COVID 19 and the Lessons of Xenophobia

If history is to serve as a guide, xenophobia must be treated as a grave risk that is as contagious and as deadly as any virus.

May 15, 2020

Global Future & Global Health

After COVID 19: Asian Countries and Investing in the US

COVID 19 will change trade relations among Asian countries themselves, as well as between the U.S. and Asia.

April 27, 2020

Global Diplomacy

A New Dawn for Japan’s Imperial Diplomacy?

How will Japan’s new emperor fare when it comes to promoting Japan’s image and interests overseas?

May 1, 2019

Global Governance

Can Japan Be Great Again?

Shinzo Abe will have a hard time to make his vision of a Japan as the biggest Asian power a reality.

April 28, 2019

Global Trade

When a Trade Agreement Represents a Global Vision

By moving forward with the bilateral trade deal, Japan and the EU are making clear that the global appetite for trade deals outside of the U.S. remains strong.

July 18, 2018

Global Trade

US: No Positive-Sum Trade and Economic Strategy

The Trump administration places too much emphasis on reducing the trade deficit -- and not enough on investing in future U.S. competitiveness.

May 9, 2018

Global Security

Arms Sales Push May Further Trump-Abe Bromance

For both Japan and the U.S. to benefit from a shift in trade dynamics between the two countries, weapons may be the best choice for Tokyo and Washington.

November 6, 2017