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?
In the wake of Kishida's visit to Ukraine, the government should promptly revise the National Security Guidelines and provide lethal weapons to Ukraine.
Kishida was correct not to issue a new apology to South Korea. But what about the radar incident, and will the next government abide by the...
The wartime labor settlement only presents a band-aid solution. After all, the next South Korean government could dredge the whole dispute back up again.
South Korea has yet to return a cultural property stolen from Japan. It needs to learn to separate judicial procedure from biased historical narratives.
Tokyo is hesitant to name China as the target of its semiconductor export controls. But it should not distort basic principles out of fear of retaliation.
Unless Japan stands by the security documents, which could involve the use of civilian airports and seaports, the US might lose confidence in Japan as an...
While any improvement in Japan-South Korea relations is welcome, resolution of the wartime labor issue will only be temporarily if it ignores the 1965 treaty.
The author identifies three issues with the latest proposal for compensating wartime Korean workers. For now, Japan should keep some distance from South Korea.
Establishing a trilateral economic security dialogue on supply chains in the Japan-US-South Korea summit talks impacts semiconductors, a priority of China.
Constitutional guarantees on freedom of religion are collapsing as PM Kishida and the Diet follow Nara police, blaming the Unification Church for Abe's death.
Japan's geopolitical neighborhood faces a triple crisis, but most Diet members are focused on trivia instead of protecting the people and our homeland.