Even China’s official English language newspaper, The People’s Daily, recognized the Senkaku Islands as Japanese territory — until oil reserves were discovered in the 1970s.
If the project materializes, it would strengthen Indonesia’s ability to deter Chinese intimidation in the South China Sea, and reinforce Japan’s cooperation with ASEAN.
Xi Jinping’s China is driven not by traditional communist ideology but the unabashed urge to control more territory. And it appears willing to risk war to...
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The region and the world are watching as Xi Jinping and the CCP seek power to create new boundaries through military strength and rewrite history to...
Alarm is growing about the burgeoning threat posed by Chinese maritime incursions in Japanese waters near the Senkaku Islands and in other parts of the region....
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Tokyo last month came against the backdrop of the elections in the U.S. Meanwhile, tensions have been running...
~~ ~Tokyo increases in shipbuilding and introduces an alternate crew system amid the Chinese Navy’s rapid expansion of maritime capability~ Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense...
Territorial disputes are rarely settled peacefully through discussion. It is about time for Japan to recognize the threat that China poses, and change tactics. ...
Chinese Coast Guard ships have frequently intruded into waters near the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, exposing the Japanese islands to dangers. There is a...
It is high time for the Diet to start debating the issues that matter most for the nation. That was the strongest impression we...
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