Shinji Ono Recently, spells of fierce eruptions with dramatic lava flows have been occurring on Kilauea volcano on the island of Hawaii, also known...
[Photo: collecting fingerprints with young officers at the scene of a disaster] (Second of Five Parts) Part 1: Interview with Kunio Tojima, Japanese...
(Third of Five Parts) While Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in the United States for a summit with President Donald Trump, JAPAN Forward runs a series...
The Defense Ministry plans to expand the scope of the capacity-building assistance by Japan’s Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) to other nations’ militaries, to include South Asia,...
The latest China Security Report published by Japan’s National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) in February aims to analyze China’s military and security affairs from a...
Military expansion is on the rise in China amid Xi Jinping’s consolidation of power in a personal dictatorship. Not a few quarters are concerned about...
Much water has flowed down the mighty Ganges since the end of the Cold War. That was when Japan and India started coming closer to...
Of late, the term “Indo-Pacific” has gained increasing currency, as seen during the recent Asian tour of United States President Donald Trump. India’s importance in...
Whether one considers Shinzo Abe’s decision to call a snap election in October and Donald Trump’s Asian trip in November successes or not, many Japanese...
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attend a trilateral meeting at ASEAN. A recent meeting between officials...
President Donald Trump has just ended a surprisingly successful five-country first visit to Asia. His marathon 12-day tour began on a positive note with a...
Elephant is the national treasure of Sri Lanka Since eons ago, Sri Lanka’s strategic location has elicited the interest of a range of colonial powers...