In November 2012, shortly after being anointed to the highest position in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and even before being named head of the...
This article—the 3rd in a 4-part series—has been updated from its original version in the March 2017 issue of Seiron Magazine. Part 1:...
On May 3, as Japan celebrated Constitution Day or Kenpō Kinenbi, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe outlined his plans to revise its post-war pacifist Constitution, which...
The Dalai Lama recently concluded his 9-day visit to India’s border state of Arunachal Pradesh, amidst much brouhaha, both inside and outside the country. While the...
China has been aggressively pursuing territorial expansion in the South China Sea, building military bases and repeatedly entering Japan’s territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands (Ishigaki...
As the new United States administration prepares for its’ first Heads of State summit with China it will be very important for America’s close allies in...
Ever since the Trump administration came to power, it has tried to concentrate on what the president terms as his “America First” strategy. One of the first...
As the Moritomo School drama plays out, it is important not to forget that national defense and diplomatic matters still need our attention. In particular, we...
The Philippines was chosen as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s first foreign destination this year. This was already the third time in six months that the Prime...
Late on the evening of December 13, I received word from a highly reliable source that an MV-22 Osprey, later identified as belonging to the medium...
Former Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui sat down for an interview with Sankei Shimbun Yasuto Tanaka on November 17 to discuss what Donald Trump’s presidency means for...