Politics & Security
Military Activities, Amelia Earhart’s Photo, and Other Lies About Japan in Kiribati
On June 23, the pro-China president of the Republic of Kiribati, Taneti Maamau, was re-elected. Maamau had suddenly
Author Archives for Rieko Hayakawa, Ph.D
Rieko Hayakawa has worked on Pacific and ASEAN issues since since 1988 as the Secretary General of the Japan-ASEAN youth organization. She launched the upgrade for USPNet as a Japan/Australia/NZ ODA project, as well as the maritime security project for the western Pacific and many other projects. In 2017, she proposed the Indo-Pacific strategy with maritime security to the administration of PM Abe. She has MAs in education, international relations and a PhD in ICT4D (Otago University, NZ). Currently she is working on a second PhD in international ocean law at Doshisha University (Kyoto).
Politics & Security
Untying Japan’s Hands for Stronger Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific
“We need Japan. We need the Japanese Navy to protect the vast Pacific Ocean. Japan is the only […]
Special Reports
The Next Generation of Japanese Has to Learn About the Indo-Pacific
In Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s address to the73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, he
Politics & Security
8th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting: What Should Be on the Agenda?
China’s aircraft carrier Liaoning (C) takes part in a military drill of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in t
Special Reports
Amelia Earhart as Japanese POW is Fake History Repeating Itself
In July 1937, Amelia Earhart, American aviator lionized for her bravery, and navigator Frederick Noonan left New Guine