Tokyo hopes that, through direct talks with Beijing, it can encourage restraint on the Taiwan situation and China's provocative behavior around the Senkakus.
Amicable relations with a stable Beijing has proved a fantasy. In fact, Tokyo needs to conduct a wholesale reframing of our relations with that country.
The Chinese government claims that the Senkaku Islands — very much part of Japanese territory in Okinawa — are attached to Taiwan.
Still missing in action is a well-considered plan based on a proper threat assessment, that lays out what Japan needs, and needs to do to defend...
Beijing’s immense economic stakes in extracting hydrocarbon resources from the East China Sea are directly linked to its self-professed territorial claims.
Russia’s “great maritime power” ambition — illegally occupying the Northern Territories and invading Ukraine — is intended to provoke Japan, the US, and Europe.
Traditionally wary of China, the role of Russia ー a close military partner of India but at the same time, increasingly close to China ー remains...
The war games simulation in Tokyo used scenarios “so timely as to be frightening,” and well within the range of possibilities.
Japan should waste no time building up its deterrence as China and Russia — both worshipers of raw power — maliciously intrude into its waters and...
China’s unilateral intrusions appear targeted at making claims for deposits of rare metals and methane hydrate discovered earlier by Japanese researchers.
Coordinating operations, circling Japan and entering contiguous waters, warships of the Chinese and Russian navies are testing Japan’s defenses.
Healthy international relations can only be revived by tackling the root causes of soured relations between Japan and South Korea, says the group.
