North Korea’s advances in its nuclear and ballistic missile program has drastically altered the security environment confronted by Japan. Further, Japan is facing the...
On September 11, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addressed the 51st Self-Defense Forces High Ranking Leaders Assembly. He advised Minister of Defense Itsunori Onodera to re-evaluate...
Once again, we hear the idea that “a nuclear-armed Japan is the anti-China card.” What concerns China more than anything is that Japan might develop...
On September 3, Princess Mako, the eldest daughter of Prince Akishino-no-miya and Princess Kiko, and Kei Komuro, 25, announced their engagement in a press conference...
(Last of 3 Parts) Part 1: 3 Ways the US, Japan, Should Handle China’s Island Building Part 2: It’s Time for the US to...
Helmand Province, Afghanistan. (cr. Michael Yon) President Donald Trump thinks he can solve the AfPak dilemma. In his speech, the United States president talked about...
(First of 3 Parts) There is a widely accepted view in Korea that, under Japanese rule, mobilized Koreans were made to work like...
Fred Warmbier, father of Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia undergraduate student who was imprisoned in North Korea in March 2016, speaks during a news...
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...
A Japanese illustration depicting the negotiations of the Treaty of Shimonoseki in April 1895. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Middle Kingdom and Empire of...
In early June, author Naoki Hyakuta, 61, was scheduled to speak at Hitotsubashi University during the two-day “Kodaira Festival.” University officials, however, cancelled his lecture,...
A lecture by author Naoki Hyakuta, scheduled for June 10 at the Hitotsubashi University, has been cancelled due to pressure from various groups opposed to his...