The Japan-US-Philippine trilateral focused on deterring China, which had trampled on international law in the South and East China Seas and the Taiwan Strait.
That Japan could be drawn into US wars is a sorely mistaken view. Kishida showed how China, Russia, and North Korea are greater threats to Japan...
China's aggressive acts around the Senkaku Islands and South China Sea are clear and blatant violations of international law and cannot be allowed to continue.
The Kishida-Xi talks didn't touch on China's detention of Japanese nationals, the situation in the East China Sea or Beijing's military activities around Japan.
At the same time, PM Kishida challenged China's leader over its claims on Taiwan, its maritime military buildup, and its unscientific ban on Japanese seafood.
A quasi-alliance with the Philippines will be important for Japan's security and economy, and will complement the two countries' shared concerns about China.
Amid mounting military pressure from China, Taiwan is flagging the PLA's military drills in its vicinity to show that it knows its every move. But is...
At the International Atomic Energy Agency's annual meet, China called Japan’s treated water discharge “nuclear-contaminated.” No countries backed its position.
Organizers say the Australian Talisman Sabre military drills help Japan, South Korea and the US with "current and potential future global security challenges."
Passing up these agreements would squander Great Power relations dating to WWII and put friends and allies like Japan at risk from growing Chinese aggression.
The importance of Okinawa is about deterrence. Demonstrate you're a serious military with lots of partners and an enemy is less likely to try his luck...
While seeking global food and economic security, leaders at the G7 Hiroshima Summit expressed strong opposition to the use of force or coercion anywhere.