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...
One Japanese official warned that, given the removal of the range cap, from now on South Korea can have missiles with a range sufficient to cover...
China’s strategy is one of working towards annihilating the adversary with its flocks of fishing fleets, while keeping the Chinese Coast Guard nearby and PLA-Navy ships...
The Chinese authorities’ readiness to use the coast guard law is aimed at establishing Chinese control inside the first island chain in East Asia.
The whys and hows of Beijing military’s threat to “use nuclear bombs continuously until Japan declares unconditional surrender.”
As far as Japan is concerned, there is no territorial dispute over the Senkakus. Any claims to the islands by other countries can only be described...
Has Japan learned the obvious? “Never put a nation’s industrial base at the mercy of an increasingly arrogant and hostile potential enemy like China.” --Larry Wortzel
Activists in Okinawa, aided by Chinese and North Korean agents and the local media, jeopardize the capability of Japanese and American forces to respond to possible...
China is a threat to Japan’s very existence, and Japan cannot get through the looming security crises by clinging to the passive diplomatic stance it has...
Security threats in Northeast Asia are a frequently topic as the military expansionism of China and North Korea outpace their neighbors. In this environment, 'Bookmark' takes...
It is high time for the Diet to start debating the issues that matter most for the nation. That was the strongest impression we...
Above: Takeshima, (Okinoshima-cho, Shimane Prefecture) in the Sea of Japan, is called Dokdo on South Korea's 1977 map that appears to be a copy (with place names...