Public opinion is swaying in favor of amending Article 9 to recognize the Self Defense Forces, and given the regional threats, the sooner the better.
In April, the Indian government refused to allow a Self-Defense Forces plane carrying humanitarian aid to Ukraine to land in India.
It is wrong to give Russia the means to pay the costs of its war of aggression by purchasing its oil and gas, even if phasing...
“We will not let the deaths of the many people who died because of the war go to waste, but will continue to deepen our understanding...
You don't just deter overnight, It’s like a stone wall that is slowly built up over time. And at the very least, don't tell your adversary...
US Navy F35Cs and F/A18s flew over USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Philippine sea as Japan’s FM Hayashi and US Ambassador Emanuel arrived.
For relations with Japan to get better, it is up to Seoul to adhere to the principle that “promises between nations must be kept”.
A recently leaked draft pact between the strategically situated Solomon Islands and China reads as if the Pacific island nation were ceding its sovereignty.
Japan relies on overseas imports for most of its energy resources; its energy security must not be compromised by the escalating tensions in Ukraine.
Posing for tourists isn’t the only duty of London soldiers in red tunics. They are envoys of a powerful military which regards Japan as a key...
Russia’s massacring of Ukrainian citizens, shelling nuclear facilities, and bombing evacuation centers and residential areas, are nothing less than war crimes.
The victory comes less than 40 years after Filipinos ousted the dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr., who had imposed a regime of military law from 1972 to...