This 1st-prize winning student essay from 2021 points out that Japan is only one of 14 countries worldwide whose citizens were abducted by North Korea, and...
This 1st prize-winning student essay from 2020 expresses hope that the international community will understand the abductions by North Korea as a global human rights issue,...
Japan’s security environment is harsher than NATO’s and the menace is not limited to Russia. Spending more than 2% of GDP is critical for national security.
The only parties opposing bolstering of Japan’s defense capability are China, North Korea, and Russia, that treat international law with undisguised contempt.
North Korea launched 6 missiles days after taking over as chair of the UN Conference on Disarmament, highlighting the threat it poses and the UN’s dysfunction.
UNSC’s role is to maintain peace and security in the international community, yet China and Russia vetoed its resolution to strengthen sanctions on North Korea.
How is Japan preparing to deter the aggression of this distinctly strong anti-Western alliance?
Japan and the US should agree to increase economic and military pressure on Pyongyang to promote comprehensive solutions to outstanding issues.
The families said the US President’s expression of unwavering support “will send a powerful message to the international community."
A better relationship between the US, South Korea and Japan is essential. That requires an end to senseless demands for compensation from a previous era.
The biggest challenge for the upcoming Quad meeting will be India’s reluctance to take a strong stance when it comes to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
For relations with Japan to get better, it is up to Seoul to adhere to the principle that “promises between nations must be kept”.