“It may look like Hong Kong has become peaceful, but that’s because there is no way for citizens to vent their frustration. Eventually it will explode.”
Although separated by over 8000 km, Japan and the Nordic region share in common their interest in the Arctic and their security dynamics with Russia as...
“The job of a teacher became exclusively to raise patriots. Only foreign countries were allowed to be criticized,” says a Hong Kong teacher of 20 years
Zheng Qiang (not his real name) was being pressured by a mainland state agent to spy on his colleagues at the pro-democracy Apply Daily. He quit...
Demonstrators demanding policy changes due to high fuel prices and corruption, as well as democracy, have been brutally beaten back with more than 160 deaths.
Until recently, intelligence sharing with Japan would have been unthinkable, but that changed following serious legislation on protecting official secrets.
These days, China is out for blood. It wants Taiwan, but it won’t stop with Taiwan.
Kishida is displaying much bolder leadership and decision-making on China-related and other issues since taking the reigns of government.
Quarreling over whether or not such statues should be erected in public spaces has created friction among local residents and led to the division of local...
Economic Security Minister Takayuki Kobayashi talks about the risks of other countries and foreign companies acquiring technology developed by Japan.