Peter Tasker “The four islands of the archipelago should be sunk into the sea by the nuclear bomb of Juche…. Japan is no longer needed...
After much brouhaha, it was indeed welcome augury when both China and India decided to withdraw their respective forces from the Doklam area of Bhutan....
Until Doklam happened, from June 16 until August 28, Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is also chairman of the Central Military Commission, appeared totally in control,...
(2nd of 3 Parts) Part 1: 3 Ways the US, Japan, Should Handle China’s Island Building As China continues with its policy...
One of United States President Donald Trump’s current international security objectives is the dismantling of North Korea’s nuclear stockpile. In a recent series of talks...
The recently concluded Malabar 2017 naval exercises mark a new high in cooperation in the maritime realm between India, Japan, and the United States. While...
China’s aggressive posturing in the ongoing Doklam plateau stand-off has clearly laid bare its claims of “peaceful rise,” which has been one of the oft-touted...
In November 2012, shortly after being anointed to the highest position in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and even before being named head of the...
As the G20 Summit 2017—scheduled for this week in Hamburg, Germany—closes in, China is pitching for consensus on the implementation of the United Nations 2030...
JAPAN Forward reaches out in unfiltered English to let its writers inform a wider audience of the current issues and debates in Japan that are influencing...
The protesters of US base in Okinawa This article—the 2nd of a 4-part series—has been updated from its original version in the March 2017...
East Asia is in the midst of tremendous geopolitical changes. Japanese politicians have preferred to play it safe, frustrating Japanese conservatives who see the...