It is ridiculous to believe that, if Japan provides assistance, that will result in such happy outcomes as the Taliban restoring law and order in the...
There are two critical misperceptions: that Japan transitioned from dictatorship to U.S.-gifted democracy, and that it was never an ally of the West prior to its...
Critics are using the situation in Afghanistan to promote anti-U.S. ideology. They fail to take into account the problems inherent in Afghanistan.
Japanese economic assistance to Afghanistan had reached ￥780 billion JPY until 2020. Since gone is the partner to whom all that assistance was provided, the aid...
The United States must focus its diplomatic and military assets on the ‘Asian front’ in order to strategically deter China.
Post-9/11, Japan became a key contributor to peace-building and reconstruction, with a focus on development in the country. It will be even more important as the...
Japan and other allies have a stake in continuing their humanitarian and recovery aid to war-torn Afghanistan and cannot leave its mineral riches to the plundering...
“If we don’t do this work, we can’t help Afghanistan.” As recent as last October, Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura thus explained in an NHK...
Helmand Province, Afghanistan. (cr. Michael Yon) President Donald Trump thinks he can solve the AfPak dilemma. In his speech, the United States president talked about...
Chinese espionage has been so successful because the United States allowed it to fester. Spy balloons are just the tip of the iceberg.
Pio d'Emilia was a foreign correspondent and cultural ambassador for both his native Italy and his adopted country. Endlessly exploring, he was one of a kind.
"Now, anyone who spends thirty minutes skimming the internet will discover that there's a real debate" about the comfort women issue ー Dr J Mark Ramseyer.
