Japan spent over $24 billion USD in foreign aid to China to foster relations and spread democracy. Instead, the massive aid helped create a monster.
Japan’s postwar imposed constitution is hindering defense collaboration with its U.S. ally, and even American observers are pushing for needed changes.
The Biden administration, by quietly reversing rules that were checks on China, is telling U.S. schools that they don't have to be transparent about their ties...
China is not just after territorial expansion in its bid to gain control of Japan’s Senkaku Islands. It wants control of the East China Sea and...
Veteran journalists Yoshihisa Komori and Makiko Takita will discuss international relations under the new Biden administration on January 26, at 5:00 P.M. (JST).
The policy slogan ‘free and open Indo-Pacific’ was meant to counter China’s oppressive and exclusionary policies. Yet, U.S President-elect Joe Biden repeatedly employs the phrase ‘secure...
Listen in as JAPAN Forward Editor in Chief Yasuo Naito and veteran journalist Yoshihisa Komori discuss some of the impacts of the 2020 U.S. election on...
The vote-tallying process in the 2020 U.S. presidential election continues to be messy. While former vice president Joe Biden, the Democratic Party candidate, has...
A leading Washington think tank released in early August a report that draws a comprehensive picture of United States policy toward China in the first...
What happens in China is becoming more relevant than ever to Japan. First, it was the coronavirus epidemic. Then it was armed Chinese vessels intruding...
A new report from a major United States think tank warns that China has achieved clear naval superiority in many categories of combat capability...
As the novel coronavirus continues to spread in the United States, more and more citizens of that country are squarely placing the blame for the...