A large part of the security measures mentioned by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are preparatory measures against China, but he should make them clear in his...
In the past 20 years when the United States was preoccupied by its war on terror after the 9/11 attacks, China’s encroachment into the South China...
Japan’s indecisiveness toward China’s aggressions has also led its neighbor countries to harden their stance against Japanese territory and interests.
These days, Hitoshi Nakama’s fishing boat is shadowed by a Chinese Coast Guard empowered by a new Chinese law that authorizes shooting at foreign vessels.
Residents of Okinawa must be trained as multipliers for the regular defense forces, responding during natural calamities and giving support when the security of the country.
China’s strategy is one of working towards annihilating the adversary with its flocks of fishing fleets, while keeping the Chinese Coast Guard nearby and PLA-Navy ships...
America’s promise to protect Japan from communist aggression is being put to serious test. The men of the postwar have squandered all their tomorrows waiting for...
The Chinese authorities’ readiness to use the coast guard law is aimed at establishing Chinese control inside the first island chain in East Asia.
The whys and hows of Beijing military’s threat to “use nuclear bombs continuously until Japan declares unconditional surrender.”
“It would appear that they were trying to squash in its infancy any effort that runs counter to Chinese Communist Party policy, even if it is...
The sense of crisis should be fully conveyed to the Japanese people: If China’s territorial grab of Taiwan succeeds, then Okinawa is next.
As far as Japan is concerned, there is no territorial dispute over the Senkakus. Any claims to the islands by other countries can only be described...
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