According to the Latin expression, "SI VIS PACEM, PARA BELLUM," if you want peace, prepare for war. Ukraine wasn’t ready. And Japan?
Japan’s Self-Defense Forces do not possess nuclear weapons, yet nuclear deterrence represents the bedrock of our national security.
“The war will end when Putin is out. We cannot remove Putin. It must be by the will of the Russian people, and…they are brainwashed with...
“Unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force or coercion are unacceptable, regardless of where they occur,” Japan’s representative told the UN General Assembly.
Over the first weekend of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, several cities in Japan held peaceful demonstrations to show their support for Ukrainians.
Japan is “committed to the three non-nuclear principles,” says the former prime minister. “However, we must not make it a taboo to discuss the reality of...
Russian teams and athletes have been isolated and sanctioned. Major events have also been moved out of Russia or canceled as the sports world takes a...
“We will show that a reckless act of violence comes with a huge price.” Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, on February 27.
Now a major power in Asia, India has the potential to join with Japan in defense of basic shared values, including democracy and freedom.
Putin, nostalgic for the map of Europe as it was in the days of the Soviet Union, has set out to brutally force countries that gained...
Putin has the audacity to claim that the purpose of his invasion is to “demilitarize” Ukraine, but it threatens Ukrainian civilians who love borscht, just like...