Without formally rewriting the Pacifist Constitution, Japan has steadily reinterpreted and diluted it, making the ...
Tokyo’s defense exports are becoming tools for building a new middle power security network across the Indo-Pacific.
Japan’s long-dormant defense industry is finally waking up. Constrained by a constitution imposed by the Allied military occupation after World War II, Japan has for decades adhered to a pacifist ...
The Takaichi government is pushing to revise Japan’s three security documents, which outline national security strategy, within the year. The Yomiuri Shimbun reported on the 28th that the revised ...
BEIJING(AP) — China on Tuesday banned exports of dual-use goods that can serve military purposes to Japan, a move that comes at time of heightened tensions between the two countries over Taiwan, a ...
PRESIDENT Marcos is eyeing to further expand Japan’s crucial role in facilitating the Association Southeast Asian Nations’ ...
Mr. Walker, president and C.E.O. of the U.S.-based Japan Society, wrote from Tokyo. Ever since Japan’s defeat in World War II, the country’s place in the world has been shaped by a deliberate policy ...
Japan wasn’t isolated from European powers, but it proved far harder to colonize than most regions. Its large population, military strength, and distance from Europe made any invasion extremely risky ...