While expanding its hegemony under the slogan of the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,” China has repeatedly carried out joint naval and air force...
Through my work as a professional photographer I’ve had the pleasure of traveling all around Japan. There are many areas I love visiting, but...
In 1853 Commodore Perry visited Japan with a complaint. Japan was not a great power which threatened the U.S. Navy, but as the ranges of...
China has warned Japan that many Chinese fishing boats will enter Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands (Ishigaki City, Okinawa Prefecture), and that...
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to a...
Chinese structures are pictured at the disputed Spratlys in the South China Sea REUTERS/Erik De Castro/File Photo Cooperation in the maritime domain is not new...
Yesterday it was reported that Chinese ships have been present in the contiguous zone outside Japan’s territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands for 100 days straight,...
Satoshi Shimizu’s return to the ring on Thursday, July 16 wasn’t a seminal moment in national history. But it was important for two reasons. ...
Okinawa’s oldest English language magazine, This Week on Okinawa, celebrated its 65th anniversary in June. One of the oldest English language publications in postwar Japan, it...
On June 22, the Ishigaki Municipal Assembly approved a resolution renaming an area it administers that includes the Senkaku Islands. The assembly made the...
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated a decoupling movement, as states try to disentangle their supply chains and political commitments from an increasingly...
China’s plan to seize Japan’s Senkaku Islands and take control of the East China Sea has entered the final stage. On May 8, four...
