The China Coast Guard (中国海警局, CCG) is reportedly the world’s largest coast guard. Knowledge of its background and organizational structure is helpful to understanding the...
The near-permanence of the state of flux and transformation which surrounds the Indo-Pacific region brings its own set of opportunities and challenges. For these,...
On November 22, South Korea’s Moon Jae In government announced the conditional suspension of its earlier decision to terminate the defense intelligence sharing agreement with Japan...
David R. Stilwell, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State East Asian and Pacific Affairs, stressed the importance of open communication and close trilateral relations between the...
The United States government has taken a definite position of strongly criticizing South Korean President Moon Jae In for his decision to terminate the agreement with...
A wholesale reshuffle of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet, announced on September 11, produced a lineup made up of staunch Abe allies and...
There is a basic misunderstanding about the current trade friction between Japan and South Korea. Many see Japan’s refusal to sell South Korea three types...
The recent visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bhutan August 16-17 has underscored a new...
On June 6, the lower house of the Japanese Diet (Parliament) voted unanimously to censure its member Hodaka Maruyama for remarks he made during a...
The Sankei Shimbun Now is the time for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to restructure Japan’s diplomatic stand toward Russia so that the...
China's aircraft carrier Liaoning (C) takes part in a military drill of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in the western Pacific Ocean, April 18, 2018....
In his landmark speech titled “Confluence of the Two Seas,” delivered before the Indian Parliament in August 2007, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe noted that...
