Taiwan’s defense is Japan’s defense. Look at a map and it’s hard to think otherwise. And Beijing would agree. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has...
On April 20, CNN reported that, according to a United States intelligence official, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un was “in grave danger” following a surgery....
More than 10,000 people had died of the new coronavirus in North Korea by late March, according to insider information that reached me the last...
As COVID-19, the Wuhan virus, spreads around the world, it is important to remember that this is not a natural disaster, but quite possibly a...
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Japan visit as state guest has been postponed. The decision is natural as it is uncertain when the new coronavirus epidemic...
It may be natural for an authoritarian regime to cover up an inconvenient truth. For the reason of a column headline, China has expelled three...
Amid the expanding threat from the respiratory-like ailment caused by the novel coronavirus, China has been engaging in acts designed to provoke Japan, Taiwan, and...
“Long live the great, glorious and correct Communist Party of China!” These words of former Chairman Mao Zedong are often found on the walls of government...
The Japanese edition of the book Anti-Japan Tribalism — the Source of the Japan-South Korea Crisis came out in mid-November. It has left its own...
The Japanese government has to speak out on human rights in China. The publication of internal Chinese government documents on the ongoing suppression of...
Recently there have been moves by South Korea suggesting it seeks to improve the strained relations between Seoul and Tokyo. For example, Prime Minister...
Second of Two Parts (Part 1: INTERVIEW | Gordon Chang: U.S., China Have Reached Tipping Point) The respected American scholar on Asian affairs Gordon...