Human rights exist irrespective of the closeness or distance of one country to another. Japan should stop using proximity as an excuse and join its G7...
Inviting Rakuten with its Chinese investor Tencent as a partner of the Japan Post Holdings poses a grave problem to Japan’s economic security and should be...
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...
Towards the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the world tolerated China’s crackdown on Tibetans. Now it is Uyghurs, Hong Kong and more. Let’s not repeat the same mistake...
Protests against China’s aggression are not enough. Japan must demonstrate operative utilization of the Senkakus if it is to deter increased Chinese incursions there.
While asking the United States repeatedly to defend the Senkakus under the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty, Tokyo has been killing time without addressing its own shortcomings.
With a failing economy and suffering populace, North Korea’s Kim Jong Un chose a new higher title, demoted his sister, blamed Party cadres, and defined America...
The pivot policy and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific share a common idea that China is the largest challenge to the U.S. in the 21st century....
President Xi is building a second Mao Zedong regime, inevitably deepening the confrontation of values between China and Russia on one side, and Japan, the U.S....
The latest ruling must therefore be criticized not only on its violation of the principle of international law on sovereign immunity, but on the basis of...
~The RCEP shows progress in trade liberalization but should not be overrated.~ Fifteen countries including Japan, China, South Korea and the 10 Association of...
For the Indo-Pacific, “Free and open” is an indispensable keyword. Without the keyword, the concept may become soulless. A remark by Japanese Prime Minister...
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