Drafted on the assumption of Western superiority, the postwar Japanese constitution is not an artifact of Japanese political will or self-determination, but a monument to what...
Germany is stepping up engagement in the Indo-Pacific in response to Chinese assertiveness.
The logical targets for South Korea’s ire should have been the U.S., China, and Russia, as they brought about the peninsula’s division. Several factors are at...
Emotions can change along with political correctness, but the records of the time and first statements of women and other witnesses help keep the world in...
The Putin regime is mad that Sankei reported that Russia arbitrarily amended its constitution to foreclose return of Japan’s territory stolen after the end of WWII.
Those who dislike Harvard Law Professor J. Mark Ramseyer’s scholarly interpretation — that comfort women were voluntary employees under contract — have failed to cite any...
On the night of April 1, 1945, the Awa Maru was sunk in the Taiwan Strait by the submarine USS Queenfish. With poor visibility and only...
President Xi is building a second Mao Zedong regime, inevitably deepening the confrontation of values between China and Russia on one side, and Japan, the U.S....
~Among the 53 largest economies, Japan ranks second in Bloomberg's COVID Resilience Ranking, just narrowly behind the leader, New Zealand~ Which is the best...
It’s a story that was covered lightly by Japanese newspapers, including the Sankei Shimbun. But the Supreme Court’s recent decision to dismiss the appeal...
(Conclusion) Part 1: [Asia’s Next Page] Evolving Focus: Japan Sees Vietnam’s Role in a Free and Open Indo-Pacific Tokyo’s changing priorities amid a...
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Russian President Vladimir Putin held their first phone talks on September 29. “I want to develop Japan-Russia relations...
