Potential invaders would face a higher hurdle if Japan has its own military protecting the nation and its people, like other democracies throughout the world.
Whereas his predecessor visited China 12 times, Olaf Scholz says Germany and Japan share the same values and both abhor Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Ignoring Sri Lanka’s pleas for loan rescheduling, China offers aid that would increase the island nation’s problems and Beijing’s control of its strategic port.
The sea around the Philippines is also a major sea lane for Japan. It is crucial for Japan that the Philippines not be overtaken by China’s...
While Japan’s prime minister has repeatedly said the speed of opening will depend on COVID-19 infections, there are suggestions that new tourism campaigns are a prelude...
Very early on in the pandemic Japan focused on airborne transmission, but it should not relax. In other countries, a loosening of restrictions has been associated...
Animal rights activists and the industrial world disagree about what's best for the feral felines. Should they be removed to protective new homes or allowed to...
To make the aggressor hesitate to attack, "we need to possess striking power to attack an enemy at its military bases," and "to share the US...
South Korea funded a foundation to promote its anti-Japan historical perspective, and Japan should counter this with its own research institute.
Japan’s Prime Minister used crisis meetings with the US and its allies to decry the threat of use of weapons of mass destruction.
As the only nation that has suffered an atomic bomb attack and chemical terrorism, Japan must not view Ukraine as just a distant conflict.
The famous 1812 Overture celebrates Russia’s “Patriotic War,” which is one of the origins of the Russian people’s perception that they are victims of the West.