As global tensions rise, Japan considers long-range missiles to boost defense capability to discourage enemy attacks and protect its citizens' lives.
Diplomacy has not stopped North Korea from firing off missiles. Japan must have what it takes to punish it as an aggressor nation.
With its provocative missile launches and nuclear threats, North Korea is causing Japan and South Korea to rethink deterrence and alliance-based cooperation.
Japan's geopolitical neighborhood faces a triple crisis, but most Diet members are focused on trivia instead of protecting the people and our homeland.
Japan’s acceptance of U.S. missiles against China would realistically pave the way for U.S.-China disarmament talks.
As China pursues naval expansion to satisfy its growing hunger for hegemonism, Japan and the UK should join hands to deter it.
On June 15, Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono announced the Japanese government would suspend a plan to deploy Aegis Ashore ground-based air defense missile systems...
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...
On September 3, North Korea conducted what they called a “hydrogen bomb test.” As with the missile test that flew past Hokkaido on August 29,...