Antony Blinken offered no concessions and took nothing home on his visit to Beijing but he listened patiently to the views of China's leaders.
Mao Zedong famously said, "Tibet is the palm, which we must occupy. Then, we will go after the five fingers." Bhutan is the third "finger" following...
Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada had fruitful meetings with his American and South Korean counterparts but China's General Li Shangfu was in a pugnacious mood.
The governor's proposed Okinawa diplomacy office sends to foreign governments signals that conflict with national policies and damage the national interest.
The importance of Okinawa is about deterrence. Demonstrate you're a serious military with lots of partners and an enemy is less likely to try his luck...
As part of its psychological warfare campaign to achieve its expansionist vision, Beijing has been "renaming" territories across Asia.
In any unification, China's PLA would enter Taiwan and take control of the sea lanes used to transport 90% of Japan's energy and 60% of its...
Retired US Marine Colonel Grant Newsham takes on key questions about Japan's national defense: How far has it come, what needs improving, and why?
Despite the RIC Trilateral, India is committed to a free and open Indo-Pacific and is an important partner to Japan as a democratic counterweight to China.
Ten SDF peacekeepers who died in the helicopter accident were conducting terrain reconnaissance from the air related to the defense of Japan.
Japan's leaders need to put their political lives on the line to negotiate seriously with China. Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi's visit failed to do that.