President Joe Biden’s declaration that the US would help defend Taiwan enhances deterrence in the region. Japan too should be proactive in this respect.
They share the concern that China might be plotting to use force to annex Taiwan and change the status quo in the East China Sea and...
Cardinal Zen showed solidarity with young people involved in the democracy demonstrations in 2019, before the marches were outlawed on orders from Beijing.
You don't just deter overnight, It’s like a stone wall that is slowly built up over time. And at the very least, don't tell your adversary...
Posing for tourists isn’t the only duty of London soldiers in red tunics. They are envoys of a powerful military which regards Japan as a key...
“Russia’s invasion is not just a problem which concerns Europe. The international order encompassing the Indo-Pacific is at stake” ー PM Fumio Kishida.
Japan should be proud of its past. The truth is that when Japan did have a military, it used it for the noblest purpose of all...
“Being able to exercise the right of collective self-defense means nothing more than avoiding getting dragged into a war,” he said at a recent symposium.
“Japan must work to defend itself, and must maintain the power needed to prevent war from breaking out in the first place” ー Former PM Shinzo...
“I would like people to have the same sense of urgency that they would have if they thought that a missile would come flying over their...
Polish Ambassador to Japan Paweł Milewski: “Russia is a terrorist state. Putin is a war criminal,’ explaining why on April 12.
How then can Tokyo persuasively call upon allies to cooperate in deterring China and North Korea amid the high level of regional threats?
