The joyless faces and grim accounts of the meeting are not very encouraging. Fortunately, there was one important common ground: North Korea.
Japan is the only G7 country that has not imposed sanctions against China Merely criticizing is the same as doing nothing.
Human rights exist irrespective of the closeness or distance of one country to another. Japan should stop using proximity as an excuse and join its G7...
Russia, like China, flagrantly violates international law by taking the territory of other countries. It’s time for Japan and like-minded countries to stand up for returning...
More than one million members of the Uighur minority have been forced into internment camps in China. The U.K., U.S., Canada and European Union have acted,...
If Japan is concerned about the Uyghurs, it must join the other G7 countries by signing the convention. Even China has signed. Maintaining the status quo...
We must not forget that the actions these world leaders take to counter China’s quest for hegemony will be the true touchstone in this regard.
Japan and the United Kingdom will conduct joint military exercises as China builds up in the East and South China Seas. The US, Australia, and India...
Japan in 1989 thought “China will be transformed into a more politically free and open state” after Tiananmen. Instead, the dictatorship of the Chinese Communist Party...
In his review of past pandemics, historian Niall Ferguson has pointed out that unknown viruses could intensify existing tensions between social classes and between nations....
To overcome the global pandemic, it is imperative for the international community to swiftly develop vaccines and drug treatments for COVID-19, and make them freely...
The non-transparency of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the non-effectiveness of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in their response to the coronavirus pandemic...