Diplomacy & Security
China Continues Repression in Tibet With Live-Fire Military Drills
By Monika Chansoria China’s expansionism and revisionist statecraft is a tale to tell both within the “People’s Republic” […]
Diplomacy & Security
U.S. Pacific Command Warns PRC Now Controls South China Sea
For years Japan has been sounding the alarm about Chinese aggression in the western Pacific and the South […]
Diplomacy & Security
8th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting: What Should Be on the Agenda?
China’s aircraft carrier Liaoning (C) takes part in a military drill of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in the […]
Diplomacy & Security
How Beijing’s Push for China-Centric Asia Impacts the Indo-Pacific
The latest China Security Report published by Japan’s National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) in February aims to analyze China’s […]
Politics
China Rushes Constitutional Amendment in the Year of ‘Yi Chang’
Chinese New Year arrived on February 16, along with many messages from my Chinese friends wishing me peace and […]
Diplomacy & Security
Testing the United States: China and the Senkakus
Despite the brief hiatus in tensions between Japan and China over the Senkakus—islands historically owned and administered by Japan […]
Diplomacy & Security
Editorial: Japan Should Not Ignore China’s Real Intent at Senkaku
Refusing to hide its ambition to take the Japanese sovereign territory of the Senkaku Islands (Okinawa Prefecture), China was […]
Diplomacy & Security
Nuclear Arsenal for Deterrence: JCPAC Highlights Japan’s Growing Security Challenges
Many expected North Korea to conduct yet another missile test last December 17, the sixth anniversary of Kim Jong Il’s […]