In the complex environment of external security challenges and domestic emergencies alike, Article 9 of the Constitution impedes Japan’s self-defense and needs to change.
PM Yoshihide Suga details how the 74-year-old Occupation era constitution impedes the country’s response to modern problems, including the COVID-19 emergency, and how he plans to...
The U.S. and Japan share interests and common threats in NE Asia and the Indo-Pacific. The synergy between their leaders can make or break the success...
Taiwan should be at the top of the list as a Chinese military takeover is much closer to us than most think.
Its presses damaged by the tsunami, Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun used pen and paper and posted updates at the city’s evacuation centers 10 years ago.
Activists in Okinawa, aided by Chinese and North Korean agents and the local media, jeopardize the capability of Japanese and American forces to respond to possible...
The American ambassador to Japan when the triple disaster struck a decade ago, he says, “Property can be destroyed, but the human spirit cannot be destroyed.”
Ishinomaki’s losses reflect the greater Tohoku experience. The town which had a population of about 160,000 people in 2011, suffered 3,554 dead and 421 who are...
‘Takeshima Day’ was designated 16 years ago on February 22, 2005 and there is much documentary evidence over hundreds of years, so why is Takeshima still...
Under the guise of acting as a law enforcement agency, the China Coast Guard may attempt to take over Japan’s Senkaku Islands, other islands in the...
Japan and the United Kingdom will conduct joint military exercises as China builds up in the East and South China Seas. The US, Australia, and India...
China’s threat to Taiwan can only be viewed as a threat to Japan’s own security.