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Abe’s Cabinet Reshuffle Signals Push for Constitutional Reform, Grooming of Next Leaders
A wholesale reshuffle of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet, announced on September 11, produced a lineup
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Why Can’t South Korea Say Who’s Using High-tech Chemicals Bought from Japan?
There is a basic misunderstanding about the current trade friction between Japan and South Korea. Many see Japan’s ref
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EDITORIAL| President Moon Needs Re-education: It was South Korea that Invaded Takeshima
In a special Cabinet meeting on August 29, South Korean President Moon Jae In made remarks about the islets […]
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BOOK REVIEW | ‘The Politics of Painting: Fascism and Japanese Art During the Second World War’ by Asato Ikeda
In 1970, the American government returned a collection of 153 paintings that had been deemed problematic to Japan. [
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Why Bhutan is a Partner of Choice for Both India and Japan
The recent visit of P
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INTERVIEW | Gordon Chang: U.S., China Have Reached Tipping Point
(First of Two Parts) The respected American scholar on Asian affairs Gordon Chang recently visited Tokyo to [&hell
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Arrested Hong Kong Leader Andy Chan: ‘Burn China with Us’
Andy Chan Ho-Tin is the founder of the Hong Kong National Party and a world-renowned champion of democracy […
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Chinese Communist Party Influence Operations are Ideological Competition
Since its creation in 1921, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has made it its primary objective to seize and […
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Japan’s Two-Island Approach Fails in Talks with Russia
As feared earlier, Japan’s territorial negotiations with Russia have run into rough waters. In November 2018, Japan
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‘We Will Stand Up for Hong Kong,’ Protesters in Tokyo Say
“Liberate Hong Kong! Revolution of Our Times!” Hong Kongers have been chanting this in their protests, which have [&
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China’s Coercive Posturing in the Senkakus: Waiting for A Radical Turn
(Last of Two Parts) Part 1: China’s Coercive Posturing in the Senkakus: A Quest for Dominance China implements [&
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China’s Coercive Posturing in the Senkakus: A Quest for Dominance
(First of Two Parts) On September 14, 2012, China dispatched six maritime surveillance cutters to the territorial w