Unlike Japan's inclusive approach, China's aid to the Pacific Islands is exploitative and must be countered to maintain a rules-based order in the region.
The Solomon Islands provides a key diplomatic base to address the needs of the Pacific Island nations, which is crucial for Pacific regional security.
Autonomy in the Pacific Islands nation is at risk as Beijing makes inroads through leveraging the Solomons’ heavy debt and striking a new “security pact.”
Abe understood that the fate of many countries depends upon the security of Taiwan, and why a Taiwan contingency is also the world’s contingency.
Japan, the US and Australia must follow through on promises made in Tokyo to help the Pacific Island nations on climate change, illegal fishing and other...
A recently leaked draft pact between the strategically situated Solomon Islands and China reads as if the Pacific island nation were ceding its sovereignty.
The scientific data contradicts the critics, as Japan shares facts and details of its Fukushima cleanup plans with foreign governments and international media.
There is concern that if diplomatic relations with China are established, Chinese infiltration of Palau, which has a population of less than 20,000, will proceed further....
COVID-19 dominated every facet of our news and daily lives from the end of January. Here we look at the international friction that clung to the...
This map is adapted from content courtesy of Dr. Rieko Hayakawa. In September 2019, two Pacific Island nations, the Solomon Islands and Kiribati, suddenly changed their diplomatic relations...
It is nearly four months since the entire world was struck by the deadly Wuhan virus. No country, region, or continent has been able...
