- March 1st, 2026
China’s escalating restrictions on Japanese defence-linked companies have largely been framed as a bilateral clash between Asia’s two largest economies. Yet the consequences extend far beyond Tokyo and Beijing. Across Southeast Asia, where supply chains for rare earths, electronics, automotive...
China is rapidly expanding its reach across the Indo-Pacific, deploying a shadow fleet of nominally civilian fishing vessels as a covert extension of the People’s Liberation Army Navy — the world’s largest naval force by hull count. By weaponizing hundreds...
China has sharply escalated its retaliation against Japan’s accelerating military expansion under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, imposing sweeping export bans and blacklisting some of the country’s most critical defense and technology institutions in a move that deepens one of the...
Japan’s newly reaffirmed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held a major press conference on Wednesday, February 18, outlining her government’s priorities for what she called the “Takaichi Cabinet 2.0.” At the center of her remarks was a firm commitment to what...
On February 19, 1942, with the stroke of a pen, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. In a single act, the lives of more than a hundred thousand people of Japanese ancestry were upended. Among them were Izumi...
Japan has begun deploying the first tranche of what could become one of the largest foreign direct investment waves into the United States in history, marking a decisive new chapter in economic ties between the world’s two largest economies following...
The resounding electoral victory of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the February 8 snap election has dramatically reshaped the strategic landscape of East Asia, delivering an unmistakable message to Beijing: attempts to pressure Tokyo over Taiwan have failed....
Beneath the gleaming skyline of Shanghai and the global dominance of China’s electric vehicle supply chains, a deeper unease is spreading across the world’s second-largest economy. Economists and policymakers alike are increasingly gripped by a sense of déjà vu —...
Japan’s political landscape has undergone a dramatic transformation following a historic landslide victory by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in last week’s parliamentary elections. For the first time since its founding in 1955, the...
China and Japan traded sharp words over Taiwan and wartime history this week, exposing once again the deep mistrust that continues to shape relations between Asia’s two largest economies. Tokyo lodged what it described as a “stern demarche” with Beijing...
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