A pro-China president in the Maldives is the moment Beijing has been waiting for to consolidate its expanding strategic naval footprint in the Indian Ocean.
Japan and India, supported by the sea power of their allies, can offer a much-needed antidote to China's expansionist designs for the Indian Ocean and beyond.
Although it cannot be confirmed, the capsized Chinese fishing boat is suspected of turning off its tracking systems to prevent the monitoring of its activities.
A Chinese radar base at Dondra Bay could track US military activity in Diego Garcia and also movements by Indian, Japanese and Australian ships in the...
Nearly one-half of Japan’s seaborne trade is carried along the Indian Ocean route, which remains vital for Japan’s tanker fleet and economic interests.
Sri Lanka, a nucleus of the Indian Ocean region and the free and open Indo-Pacific, faces unprecedented instability in the wake of Chinese financial entanglements.
The Pacific Island countries have been victims of aggressive Chinese tactics. The benign presence of India leaves room to team up with Japan and the US...
“We firmly resolve that Japan would do everything possible to help Indian independence.” ーPrime Minister Hideki Tojo
The name changes and other acts of aggression are seen as part of broader hardening in tone and tenor aimed at intimidating neighboring democracies.
As China pursues naval expansion to satisfy its growing hunger for hegemonism, Japan and the UK should join hands to deter it.
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to a...
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to a...