Tokyo’s relationship with China and North Korea in a post-Abe era will continue to be an issue pertaining to Japan’s future foreign policy. Nuclear weapons...
China’s survey ship conducted activities in Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) near Okinotorishima, nearly 1,740 kilometers south of Tokyo, for more than a week in July...
As the world battles the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, it seems to have brought out a new kind of assertiveness on the part of...
The Chinese novelist Yang Yi (real name Liu Qiao) — so far the only non-Japanese national to ever win the prestigious Akutagawa Prize (2008)...
If one day, China should change color and turn into a superpower, if it should play the tyrant in the world, subject others to...
On June 22, the Ishigaki Municipal Assembly approved a resolution renaming an area it administers that includes the Senkaku Islands. The assembly made the...
Two major countries in the Indo-Pacific region, Australia and India, have reached an agreement on upgrading their bilateral security cooperation. We heartily welcome this...
Taiwan’s defense is Japan’s defense. Look at a map and it’s hard to think otherwise. And Beijing would agree. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has...
Foreign policy analyst and former American diplomat Evans Revere was in Tokyo on Friday February 15, where he remarked on policy toward the...
FIPA — the Free Indo-Pacific Alliance — has begun giving persecuted minorities in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) a chance to tell the world...
We welcome the Trump administration’s recent comments denouncing China’s aggressive meddling in democracies and its hegemonic behavior, while reaffirming the United States’ commitment to the...
For years Japan has been sounding the alarm about Chinese aggression in the western Pacific and the South and East China Sea. Chinese-flagged vessels...