At a meeting with Central Japan Railway Co. president Shin Kaneko on June 26, Shizuoka Governor Heita Kawakatsu refused to approve the company’s construction work...
The China Coast Guard (中国海警局, CCG) is reportedly the world’s largest coast guard. Knowledge of its background and organizational structure is helpful to understanding the...
The recent clashes along the Sino-Indian border point to a new era in the ties between India and China. While the two nations had...
A new report from a major United States think tank warns that China has achieved clear naval superiority in many categories of combat capability...
(Second of Two Parts) Part 1: Common Concerns, Common Mission: Japan, U.S. Defend Western Pacific vs China Aggression The White Paper Defense of...
(First of two parts.) Part Two: What Measures Can Japan, U.S. Take to Defend the Western Pacific Against China’s Aggression? In April 2019, Defense Minister...
China's coercive posturing for a short, sharp war with Japan focuses on surrounding the Senkakus with layers of Chinese power.
(First of Two Parts) On September 14, 2012, China dispatched six maritime surveillance cutters to the territorial waters of the Senkaku Islands for the...
Naohisa Hanzawa It was an unexpected, yet intriguing, move. At the last minute, the United States Department of Defense cancelled the invitation for the...