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...
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and US Navy (USN) have started the annual bilateral maritime field training on November 16. It will be conducted until Nov....
In the aftermath of United States President Donald Trump’s first official visit to Japan, it is timely to ask what has changed since winning his...
Jan Zwartendijk on the left and Chiune Sugihara. The picture was taken at Holocaust Museum at Vilnius. Last of two parts (Part 1: Japanese Visas That...
Jan Zwartendijk First of two parts The achievements of the Honorary Consul of the Netherlands in Lithuania are buried in history. Chiune Sugihara is...
President Donald Trump salutes during a welcome ceremony at U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, in Aiea, Hawaii. Trump begins a 5 country trip...
On the 30th of October, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced the registration of a number of new items in its...
We must prepare to be increasingly vigilant and undertake a hardline approach to diplomacy, commensurate with an abnormally centralized power and the destruction of the...
More than 100 scholars of Japan have signed as of October 20 a statement to oppose a joint application filed by various groups from eight...
North Korea’s advances in its nuclear and ballistic missile program has drastically altered the security environment confronted by Japan. Further, Japan is facing the...
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) commissioned the guided-missile destroyer HMAS Hobart in 2015. The Hobart is equipped with the Aegis combat system, incorporating the state-of-the-art...
Just three days after the city council of San Francisco in California, the United States, allowed a statue depicting South Korean war comfort women be...