India has become a pillar of the global economy through incredible economic growth, and its rise could help rein in Chinese expansionism, argues the author.
The US military must take responsibility for its troops and the children born from sexual relations in Japan. Tokyo must also represent its citizens better.
Retired US Marine Colonel Grant Newsham takes on key questions about Japan's national defense: How far has it come, what needs improving, and why?
Allowing China to control key infrastructure is equivalent to conceding outposts for an "unarmed invasion" when relations get strained.
Despite the RIC Trilateral, India is committed to a free and open Indo-Pacific and is an important partner to Japan as a democratic counterweight to China.
Ten SDF peacekeepers who died in the helicopter accident were conducting terrain reconnaissance from the air related to the defense of Japan.
A meeting of the G7 foreign ministers in Nagano condemned Russia and called on China to act as a responsible member of the international community.
A major South Korean daily has accused an opposition party's objection to the Fukushima Nuclear Plant's treated water release of deviating "far from the facts."
Xi Jinping's provocative statements and war preparedness efforts such as the opening of recruitment centers in China all indicate escalating belligerence.
The author argues that strengthening Western democracies, instead of constraining China by restricting the liberties of Chinese individuals, is a better path.
North Korean spies were ordered to spread false rumors about the Fukushima power plant’s treated water to "foment anti-Japanese" sentiment in South Korea.
Japan must think ahead as the possibility of a Taiwan contingency looms. How will Japanese citizens be evacuated, and how will the two armed forces communicate?