With each missile launch by North Korea that Beijing and Moscow refuse to condemn, the authority of the UN Security Council is undermined.
Sending a deputy instead of Foreign Minister Hayashi to the G20 meeting weakens the initiative to halt Russia's aggression in Ukraine.
Critics are wrong to say Mr Kishida gives too much attention to Ukraine. Instead his powerful advocacy of the rules-based international order deserves applause.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida recognizes the Ukraine crisis, yet is the only G7 country leader who has not gone to Ukraine as a show of unity...
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida marked one year since the start of the war in Ukraine by pledging the country's commitment to protecting the rule of...
China’s rejection of sanctions against Russia and its launching of spy balloons reveal the yawning chasm between its lofty rhetoric and its actions.
"Xi Jinping will conclude that, if Putin can take Crimea, he can take Taiwan," warns Anders Rasmussen, based on his years of experience leading NATO.
Politicians and defense experts, including from Japan, gathered in Germany to discuss Ukraine as North Korea fired another missile into the sea near Hokkaido.
"If Mr Kishida visits Ukraine in person, he will see the reality of the devastation" and encourage the world to provide more support, says the ambassador.
Russia's illegal occupation of Japan's Northern Territories should not be treated as merely a matter between two countries.
The National Diet should not confine the discussion to sources of funding for expanded defense outlays, but include how to elevate Japan's deterrence power.
Now that the decision to send tanks to Ukraine has been made, there is no time to waste getting them there to deter the Russian offensive.