Untangling the roots of the instability in Japan and China’s relationship
As the two nations mark the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties, military tensions and economic interdependence lie at the heart of their ...
Opinion
Putin’s justification for an attack on Ukraine conjures up memories of WWII and Hitler
Similar to Putin's justification for invading Ukraine, Hitler threatened to invade Czechoslovakia in order to incorporate districts with a German-speaking population.
Russia has unleashed a new age of nuclear proliferation
Even if Vladimir Putin is bluffing on using nuclear weapons, his threat is more frightening than anything since the Cuban Missile Crisis.
China’s Ukraine doublespeak is becoming unsustainable
Beijing is fence-sitting on the Ukraine crisis as it tries to balance its Russia alignment with its principles of territorial integrity.
Japan’s rigid COVID-19 border controls hurt foreign students, but also the country’s future
Japan’s closed borders over the past two years have created difficult obstacles and deflected students to other countries, including South Korea.
Biden demonstrates true leadership in the Ukraine crisis
The West, and the world, has united to oppose the invasion of Ukraine. While many leaders deserve credit for helping to forge this coalition, Biden ...
It’s not what Biden said in the State of the Union, but what he failed to say
Many in people in Japan are still uneasy, if not disappointed, about Biden's lack of reference to China in his State of the Union.
How Asia is responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Given the lukewarm responses to calls for increased pressure on Russia so far from most South and Southeast Asian democracies, the West is unlikely to ...
Five ways to look at Biden’s State of the Union speech
Biden’s first formal State of the Union checked off all the required boxes. It was fine, most of it wasn’t memorable and It will neither ...
LDP power broker Taro Aso’s fortunes begin to fade
Aso has a difficult choice: He can play the role of elder statesman and let the LDP milk the last ounce of politicking out of ...