Logic suggests Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) should cooperate well. Emotion ensures that they don’t. Here’s why this poses a security problem for the...
The biggest threat according to the Deputy National Security Advisor is politics, economy and military, “all of the above,” adding that for the U.S. and Japan,...
Neither Xi Jinping nor Joe Biden wanted to appear soft in their virtual showdown. With China now sprinting forward in a nuclear arms race with the...
Japan urgently needs to plan for “gray zone” situations, where there’s no armed attack against Japan but Taiwan’s crisis spills over.
It is time for a fiscal policy reset. Here is the debate on how to tackle debt and stagnation in Japan.
All indications are there: massing troops, controlling strategic resources, creating obligations owed to it by neighbors.
The national government and Okinawa Prefecture refuse to discuss the possibility of using Shimojishima Airport for fighter jets, preventing a stronger defense against China’s aggression.
We want the government to fine-tune and maximize the effectiveness of its new countermeasures. These should not result in a pretty package empty of effect.
The LDP secured 261 seats on its own in the 465-member house, a comfortable margin over the 233 seat parliamentary majority benchmark, even without its primary...
At the Takeshima Archive in Matsue City, student commentators talk to visitors about the Takeshima, a group of islands in Shimane Prefecture, still illegally occupied by...
Can Xi Jinping compare with Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping? This historical resolution by the Chinese Communist Party only sets the stage for Xi’s personality cult.
Toward carbon zero: “From region to region the method might change, but we can still protect the diversity while aiming for the same target,” said Ministry...
