Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday, May 1, that this year is the right time to “take a historic step” in rewriting the war-renouncing Constitution....
The Dalai Lama recently concluded his 9-day visit to India’s border state of Arunachal Pradesh, amidst much brouhaha, both inside and outside the country. While the...
Russia is increasing its economic cooperation with North Korea. It turns out that the North Korean combined passenger and cargo ship Mangyongbong-92, which was barred from...
China has been aggressively pursuing territorial expansion in the South China Sea, building military bases and repeatedly entering Japan’s territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands (Ishigaki...
The first group of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force troops has arrived back in Aomori, northern city of Japan on Wednesday, April 19, after a five-year peacekeeping...
Those who would destroy the international community's rules and order must be unwaveringly opposed. In that regard, President Xi Jinping personally just witnessed the United States'...
The first summit talks since the inauguration of the Trump administration will be held this week. As China exerts increasing influence from all possible sides--economically,...
Ever since the Trump administration came to power, it has tried to concentrate on what the president terms as his “America First” strategy. One of the first...
With his multiple nuclear and missile tests, Kim Jong-un has accelerated North Korea’s program to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with a nuclear warhead that...
As the Moritomo School drama plays out, it is important not to forget that national defense and diplomatic matters still need our attention. In particular, we...
The international community has a variety of legal means at its disposal—such as the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organized Crime—for eradicating terrorist organizations. It is...
The Diet is the supreme organ of national authority and the sole national legislative body in Japan. But is it acceptable in its current state? For...