Politics & Security
EDITORIAL | China is a Security Threat to Japan, and the Defense White Paper Should Say So
The Defense of Japan 2020 annual white paper, released on July 14, expressed a strong sense of caution […]
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Tokyo’s China Problem: Ignore It or Deal With It?
One need not be a cynic to think the Japanese government’s preferred approach to problems is to ignore […]
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China Rapidly Dwarfing Japan in Naval Power, Would Establish Superiority in a Senkakus Showdown
A new report from a major United States think tank warns that China has achieved clear naval superiority […]
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China Continues Military Provocations in the Pacific As Coronavirus Pandemic Rages
The National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS), in its latest East Asian Strategic Report on the security environment
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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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Should Washington Get Tough on China? Here Are Things to Consider
Tracking the debate over China policy in Washington shows remarkable hardening over the past two years. There are now
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Why China Is Stepping Up Quest for the Senkakus in 2018
On January 11th, the Japanese government confirmed spotting a submerged Chinese submarine near Japan’s territorial wat