Mr. Akiba is known for having gained deep confidence from both prime ministers Abe and Suga, in his position as Japan’s longest-serving vice foreign minister in...
Despite heavy investments from Tokyo and Delhi, China is still Southeast Asia’s largest trading partner, and it has the might of its veto in the UN...
Soft on North Korea per Moon’s priorities, the U.S.-ROK Leaders’ Joint Statement also omits all named criticism of China and its human rights maritime aggression.
From the 1980s to 2019, Japanese experts contributed positively to the world through leadership posts in the United Nations. Talented Japanese are now returning to counter...
“We don't want to go back to the system that we used to be in before,” says Kyaw Moe Tun referring to rule by military autocracy....
Beijing is aware that European Union has been put out of balance by Brexit, and is therefore unable to form a regional strategy in Asia.
China’s National Defense Law now allows the mobilization and deployment of troops and reserve forces when there’s “disruption” to its “development interests” — in other words,...
Climate, health, and economic crises could well trigger societal and political instability, which in turn has the potential to increasingly threaten regional security and stability.
The United Nations Security Council, where China and Russia hold permanent seats, should be shamed for failing even to reference the U.N. Human Rights Council resolution...
This is a grave situation that cannot be brushed off as a bad joke. On October 13, the United Nations General Assembly voted...
What the Science Council of Japan should be has been brought into question since Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga refused to appoint six of 105 candidates...
The role and organization of the Science Council of Japan (SCJ) has often been regarded as problematic. Finally, on October 9, the Japanese government...