Dr. Monika Chansoria is a senior fellow at The Japan Institute of International Affairs in Tokyo. She specializes in contemporary Asian security and weapons’ proliferation issues,...
Listen in as the JAPAN Forward editorial team chats with Senior Fellow at The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA), researcher and commentator on Asia’s security...
China has a long history of distorting its own long history. While civilizations everywhere bend the historical narrative to their own purposes, justifying and even...
Unlike Japan's inclusive approach, China's aid to the Pacific Islands is exploitative and must be countered to maintain a rules-based order in the region.
With expansionist and realpolitik agendas binding them, the current graph of China's foreign and security policy appears most closely aligned with that of Russia. Both countries...
For Tibetans, the Dalai Lama remains a beacon of hope for a future free from oppressive Chinese rule that seeks to erase their identity, culture, and...
'One China' means different things to Taiwan and China. Professor Watanabe examines why that is with perspectives from inside Taiwan, China, Japan and the US.
Talks are underway to invite PM Kishida to a July NATO Summit as US President Joe Biden seeks to enhance regional cooperation and focus on the...
The Kuomintang and Beijing want to resume talks based on the 1992 Consensus, but this is an unworkable approach as it inherently denies Taiwan's democracy.
The CARICOM countries and Japan are collaborating on energy and fisheries while sharing a strong message on disaster resilience with the world.
Confidence-building efforts with China have been futile. It continues to preach peaceful coexistence while repeatedly violating other nations' sovereignty.
China's foreign minister Wang Yi is the key decision-maker when it comes to China's relations with other countries, including Japan.