Against a background of international criticism of its crackdown on the Uyghur minority in Xinjiang province and police violence in Hong Kong, the Communist...
While the world is grappling with the coronavirus pandemic that originated in Wuhan, China — more than 450,000 deaths worldwide have been reported — Beijing’s...
One need not be a cynic to think the Japanese government’s preferred approach to problems is to ignore them, while hoping they go away...
Even as nations around the world are struggling to respond to the challenge of the novel coronavirus pandemic, China has been making provocative moves...
Taiwan’s defense is Japan’s defense. Look at a map and it’s hard to think otherwise. And Beijing would agree. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has...
The National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS), in its latest East Asian Strategic Report on the security environment surrounding Japan, found that the People’s Republic of...
A wild-haired and wild-eyed young man. In one hand, a cigarette; in the other, a baby. To his left, the musclebound figure of author Mishima...
The Philippine government has decided to scrap the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States that stipulates the legal status of U.S. troops in...
“Crisis management.” This phrase has been used frequently in Japan since the Great Hanshin and Awaji earthquake of January 17, 1995, and the Sarin Gas...
The United States drone attack on the Baghdad airport that killed Iranian General Qassem Suleimani was a necessary act of self-defense in response to an...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe decided to cancel his cherry blossom party for 2020 after being criticized for having invited many of his political...