Politics
Abe Wins Big in LDP Leadership Election, to Lead Japan for 3 More Years
The Sankei Shimbun Shinzo Abe is set to lead the longest-ever stable government in the history […]
Special Reports
[BOOK REVIEW] ‘Comfort Women and Sex in the Battle Zone’ by Ikuhiko Hata
By June Teufel Dreyer Perhaps no issue in the history of post-World War II Japanese relations […]
Diplomacy & Security
Japan Should Learn From Mahathir’s Diplomatic Win in China
By: Akio Yaita “We do not want a new version of colonialism.” These were the words […]
Diplomacy & Security
China Rejects Protests, Tells Japan to ‘Guide and Restrain the Japanese Media’
By Kinya Fujimoto The Chinese government dug in its heels on barring a Sankei Shimbun reporter from […]
Diplomacy & Security
Japan Protests China’s Ban on Sankei Shimbun Coverage
The Japanese government lodged a protest with China after a Sankei Shimbun reporter was barred from covering the […]
Diplomacy & Security
China Jailing Japanese Citizens for ‘Espionage’ is Unacceptable
By Akio Yaita Two Japanese citizens were arrested in China for alleged espionage in 2015. In […]
Diplomacy & Security
Japan, China Headed for Showdown ‘Down South’
Grant Newsham It seems like every few months an article appears in the Western press claiming […]
Politics
Newly-Discovered 16 Million MTs of Rare Earth Minerals Can Make Japan Independent of China
Monika Chansoria The prospects for exploring seabed minerals have attracted the attention of […]
Diplomacy & Security
Why China Is Stepping Up Quest for the Senkakus in 2018
On January 11th, the Japanese government confirmed spotting a submerged Chinese submarine near Japan’s territorial waters as it entered […]
Diplomacy & Security
Which Country’s Interests Does Nikai’s Pro-China Diplomacy Serve?
As a foreign correspondent for most of the several decades of my journalism career, following trends in the […]
Diplomacy & Security
China Cites Ambiguous National Security Law to Detain 11 Japanese
Chinese authorities have detained 6 Japanese nationals for alleged espionage, bringing to 11 the number of Japanese nationals detained […]