Japan’s new Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB) stood up on March 27, with a ceremony taking place April 7 to formally activate them. This is...
China’s leaders sent two clear messages from this month’s National People’s Congress in Beijing. The first was that President Xi Jinping is centralizing power based on...
It’s seven years since the 3/11 Great Eastern Japan earthquake and tsunami that killed over 18,000 people. It left an impression on anyone who...
What do these people have in common? Citizens of three small villages in the eastern part of Nago City Military pilots based in Japan...
President Donal Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and Defense Secretary James Mattis have all visited Tokyo to reassure Japan of America’s support as China and...
When British Prime Minister Teresa May visited Japan last August, she and Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera had an exchange about their countries’ “long history...
Refusing to hide its ambition to take the Japanese sovereign territory of the Senkaku Islands (Okinawa Prefecture), China was not content with just sending Chinese...
(Conclusion) Part 1: Do We Understand War? Japanese Experts Discuss the Realities of Confronting North Korea Part 2: To Take Down North Korea,...
(Second of three parts) Part 1: Do We Understand War? Japan Experts Discuss Realities of Confronting North Korea As South and North Korea...
(First of three parts) Pundits worldwide have made a cottage industry out of speculating on the situation in North Korea. These factors combine to...
Positive responses to the government’s proposed acquisition of long-range cruise missiles exceeded 68.5%, dwarfing those thought the “acquisition is unnecessary” (28.7%), the latest poll conducted...
“Are these really fishing boats, or are they spy ships?” Japan is enhancing coastal security amid the sudden increase this fall in the number...