November 5 is “World Tsunami Awareness Day (WTAD)” ー a good time for each of us to share our determination to protect human life...
The charged geopolitical landscape across Asia and the Indo-Pacific is at present extremely delicately balanced between China and other key players. Most of the...
During his Southeast Asian tour in October, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga consistently advocated a “free and open Indo-Pacific” with China in mind. Following...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in March 2018 had famously dismissed the Quad and the Indo-Pacific concept as a “headline-grabbing idea” that would “dissipate...
Two Chinese government vessels stayed in Japan’s territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, for an uninterrupted 57 hours and 39 minutes, from...
(Conclusion) Part 1: [Asia’s Next Page] Evolving Focus: Japan Sees Vietnam’s Role in a Free and Open Indo-Pacific Tokyo’s changing priorities amid a...
(First of 2 parts) Part 2: [Asia’s Next Page] Indonesia in Tokyo’s Changing Regional Outlook Vietnam, unlike other Southeast Asian partners, occupies a key...
Above: Prime Minister Suga and Mrs. Suga honor those fallen in wars in a memorial offering in Hanoi during his trip to the country in October...
Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga’s recent trip to the Southeast Asian nations of Vietnam and Indonesia was his first overseas visit after taking over as...
On October 18, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga embarked upon his first overseas trip since taking office in September, heading to Vietnam, this year’s chair...
Militarization in Tokyo’s security outlook has been one of the most contested debates across Japan for last decade. Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ideas- reforming...
China is in an “arms race” and has deployed a large number of ballistic and cruise missiles, the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control...