Japan supports Ukraine by providing financial and humanitarian aid. It would be desirable to also ease its rules on the transfer of defense equipment.
Prime Minister Kishida praised the courage of Ukraine, just as Xi Jinping pledged "eternal friendship" with Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
The communist regime in China has become more dangerous with power concentrated at the top and Xi Jinping alone deciding everything of importance.
Xi Jinping tells China to "have the courage to fight" while his new foreign minister Qin Gang talks about facing the "jackals and wolves" of the...
Professor Yuichi Hosoya explains why China's goals for the Ukraine war are to isolate the US, stay friendly with Russia, and grow support in the Global...
Beijing's militarization of the South China Sea renders negotiations futile and could prompt the Philippines to seek an alliance with ASEAN.
Experts warn a further increase in China's military spending on the PLA will go towards nuclear weapons or aircraft carriers.
Critics are wrong to say Mr Kishida gives too much attention to Ukraine. Instead his powerful advocacy of the rules-based international order deserves applause.
"Xi Jinping will conclude that, if Putin can take Crimea, he can take Taiwan," warns Anders Rasmussen, based on his years of experience leading NATO.
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Nepal is sending mixed signals on whether the new airport in Pokhara is a Belt and Road project. Could it be feeling edgy about BRI's fast-losing...
With his term extended for an historic additional five years, Xi Jinping may be feeling invincible and strong. But he must know that nothing is permanent.