Politics & Security
EDITORIAL | Not the Time for China to Take Provocative Acts Around the Senkakus Islands
Amid the expanding threat from the respiratory-like ailment caused by the novel coronavirus, China has been engaging i
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EDITORIAL | Abe Should Renew Demand for Return of 4 Russian-Held Northern Islands
How long does Russia intend to cling to the state-perpetrated crime of “illegally occupying the Northern Territories”
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EDITORIAL | Japan-U.S. Security Treaty at 60: Japan Must Bolster its Capability and Contribute More
Sunday, January 19, marked the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security betwee
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EDITORIAL | Japan Out of Step with the West on Beijing’s Human Rights Abuses
The Japanese government has to speak out on human rights in China. The publication of internal Chinese government [
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Common Concerns, Common Mission: Japan, U.S. Defend Western Pacific vs China Aggression
(First of two parts.) Part Two: What Measures Can Japan, U.S. Take to Defend the Western Pacific Against China’s Ag
Media’s Myopic View Obscures Big Picture in Sino-Japanese Relations
The Japanese media’s incessant focus on the links between civil servants and Shinzo Abe takes away attention from far
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Japan Activates Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade: What Now?
Japan’s new Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB) stood up on March 27, with a ceremony taking place April 7 [&he
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It’s Time to Ask the Question: Why Should the U.S. Defend Japan?
President Donal Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and Defense Secretary James Mattis have all visited Tokyo to reassur
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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 administ
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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), Ch
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Behind Xi Jinping ‘Smiling Diplomacy’ Is a Strategy to Stop the Revision of Japan’s Constitution
On his trip to Da Nang in central Vietnam, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with Chinese President Xi […]
Special Reports
Fishermen on Senkaku Islands: Why Do Japanese Have To Withdraw From Japanese Territory?
September 11 marked the 5th anniversary of the nationalization of the Senkaku Islands (part of Ishigaki City, Okinaw