China sent its Coast Guard and navy into waters near the Senkakus days after Japan-China maritime talks. Japan must be clear that it will defend its...
A former United States Marine looks at 40+ years of US-China dialogue to find how talks have benefitted China but not the peace and stability of...
Absent a joint capability the Japan Self-Defense Force isn't even the sum of its parts. With it, the JSDF becomes far more capable of defending Japan.
The United States and Japan should get down to business, and fast. Tokyo will do well to take what it has defense-wise and make the best...
Put simply, the United States needs a Japan Self-Defense Force that can fight a war, and that can fight a war alongside, and inter-linked with, US...
Still missing in action is a well-considered plan based on a proper threat assessment, that lays out what Japan needs, and needs to do to defend...
The more the US looks weak, distracted, and confused, the more pressure the Chinese communists will apply on Taiwan – to include tightening the military noose.
This Week we do something a little different, delving into the most shocking news of these past seven days: the assassination of Shinzo Abe.
Abe had a strategic vision for Japan, recognizing that it could no longer sit quietly, writing the occasional check, while events unfolded around it.
The Prime Minister addressed security matters and indicated that Japan was going to play its part in ensuring a “free and open Indo-Pacific.”
A fight to defend Taiwan will be far more deadly than Ukraine. So what if Japan takes the lead by ending its own strategic ambiguity first?
Veterans who were repatriated after the war couldn't have imagined that their country would have become so peaceful and prosperous, or its Self-Defense Force so widely...