The movement of the 11 naval vessels from China and Russia was "clearly intended to demonstrate their threat to Japan," said the Japanese Ministry of Defense.
China is trying to intimidate neighbors and push the US to war by engaging in truly dangerous military maneuvers and refusing to talk to US counterparts.
The failure of the US Marine Corps to respond to recent crises is inexcusable. The Marines are supposed to be "most ready when the nation is...
The PLA's navy drill with aircraft carrier Shandong is another sign that China aims to deter or defeat any third-party intervention in the Indo-Pacific.
China is brazenly conducting marine surveys in Japan's EEZ near the Okinawa Trough. Japan must counter China's assertions with better data.
Do you think we'd have heard about the Chinese spy balloon over the US (or over other countries) if a Montanan hadn't looked up and taken...
JINF’s 2021 Kokkiken award goes to American author Toshi Yoshihara, with special Kokkiken Awards to two South Korean researchers, for helping Japan and the world better...
2020 saw China repeatedly foraying into disputed waters and putting Indo-Pacific nation-states on high-alert. The new law will now authorize China’s maritime militia to use force,...
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....
The Japan-India-Sri Lanka trilateral, although still at a nascent stage, echoes the promise of propelling Colombo as an important partner in the regional maritime paradigm towards...
~~ ~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...
In recent months, there has been an alarming influx of Chinese fishing boats illegally intruding into Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and plundering Japan’s marine...
