The joint training taking place in Camp Fuji sends out the message that the US and Japan are doing what’s necessary to fight against aggressors in...
Some may say it’s unthinkable that the United States would not fight to defend the Senkakus. Perhaps it would have been impossible until now.
How can Japan defend itself against China and North Korea? An American analysis of an effective nuclear deterrence for Japan remains relevant 40 years later.
According to the Latin expression, "SI VIS PACEM, PARA BELLUM," if you want peace, prepare for war. Ukraine wasn’t ready. And Japan?
“Tongans know their needs better than foreign visitors. Aid needs to be reframed as solidarity, not as benevolence.”
If it takes Taiwan, the PRC would effectively outflank Japanese defenses and be positioned to dominate and seize Japanese maritime and island territory.
It’s like predicting who will win the 2022 Super Bowl. If Beijing moves too fast on Taiwan, it could force the Americans into a fight that...
At the Japan-US Security Consultative Committee (2+2) talks, both sides stressed the need to “closely coordinate” on options, including the ability to strike enemy bases.
These days, China is out for blood. It wants Taiwan, but it won’t stop with Taiwan.
Don’t expect real world effects anytime soon. The Japanese still need to study revising laws to permit the Marines to deploy. And then they will have...
The Taiwan situation is alarmingly tense. China and Russia militaries display force against Japan. The Diet should approve the largest proposed supplemental defense budget in Japan’s...
Japan’s acceptance of U.S. missiles against China would realistically pave the way for U.S.-China disarmament talks.