Does Japan have the will to transform into a normal country, like Germany has done almost instantaneously in the wake of the Ukraine crisis?
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China is the world’s number one greenhouse gas emitter, accounting for about one-third of the total in the entire world, but has shown no willingness to...
Misaki Oshigiri and Momoka Horikawa, Japan’s two skaters in the event, set personal-best times.
Quarreling over whether or not such statues should be erected in public spaces has created friction among local residents and led to the division of local...
Germany will assume the G7 presidency in 2022. Expectations are high that the new German government will act to protect human rights and international law.
The installation of the statue in Germany is not only incompatible with South Korea’s 2015 and earlier agreements with Japan, but it is an unduly one-sided,...
Japan has no means to counter a possible Chinese invasion. Its constitution, untouched for 74 years, prevents it from establishing land, sea, and air forces.
Beijing is aware that European Union has been put out of balance by Brexit, and is therefore unable to form a regional strategy in Asia.
Germany is stepping up engagement in the Indo-Pacific in response to Chinese assertiveness.
China is a threat to Japan’s very existence, and Japan cannot get through the looming security crises by clinging to the passive diplomatic stance it has...
Japan and the United Kingdom will conduct joint military exercises as China builds up in the East and South China Seas. The US, Australia, and India...