~To take fullest advantage of Japan’s Reciprocal Access Agreement with Australia and the opportunities it offers, Prime Minister Suga needs to allow the JSDF to...
Above: UK Future Combat Air System © BAE Systems The U.K. has been a pioneer in air power for more than 100 years. We have...
Bookmark is a new JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to...
The adjustments to a new normal that countries are making in light of the coronavirus outbreak has extended to all fields, including diplomacy. ...
The regular session of the National Diet, which had been hard-pressed to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, came to a close on June 17....
There have been various attempts all around the world to thank medical workers for the tireless efforts to fight the novel coronavirus. In...
It is a little-known story how the Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) played a remarkable role in dispatching disaster relief assistance amid the rapid spread of...
On April 20, CNN reported that, according to a United States intelligence official, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un was “in grave danger” following a surgery....
Japan, having entered the Reiwa Era from May 2019, must resolve important, difficult challenges involving national fundamentals, one by one. In contrast to the 30-year...
The Middle East situation has remained very tense due to a standoff between the United States and Iran. Under the circumstances, the need for dispatching...
Japanese defense initiatives can seem like Rorschach tests — meaning very different things to different people. Take Tokyo’s recent announcement that it would buy...
It is remarkable to examine the Japanese public’s relative silence towards Japan’s announcement to purchase the F-35B as its newest military acquisition — a major...