The G7 Hiroshima summit has been touted as a success. But Japan still only supplies non-lethal weapons to Ukraine and its defense spending falls short.
Despite the growing nuclear threat and waning US influence, Japan stays committed to its three non-nuclear principles while South Korea's stance is proactive.
Does Japan have the will to transform into a normal country, like Germany has done almost instantaneously in the wake of the Ukraine crisis?
While asking the United States repeatedly to defend the Senkakus under the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty, Tokyo has been killing time without addressing its own shortcomings.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton, who has authored a book pulling back the curtain on the Trump administration’s foreign...
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The Japan-Russia peace treaty negotiations promoted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are reportedly based on an unprecedented strategic vision. In a recent speech at...