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...
Shortly after writing to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, calling for cooperation between the two countries, Moon sends the South Korea police chief to Takeshima, a Japanese...
Asia’s nuclear instability and danger ー North Korea’s missiles and China’s over threats ー have not diminished in the past decade. Can a nuclear powered submarine...
The new prime minister must ensure that Japan’s national security interests will not be compromised on account of competing political ideologies and camps within the ruling...
Suga’s already ambitious agenda—to manage the pandemic, revive the economy, host the Olympics and strengthen Japan’s posture and position — has been impaired by new COVID-19...
China’s unilateral abrogation of the status quo and violation of human rights in Hong Kong and Xinjiang are factors behind Japan and Germany’s energized relationship.
Germany is stepping up engagement in the Indo-Pacific in response to Chinese assertiveness.