- November 24th, 2025
China issued a sharp rebuke on Monday against Japan’s accelerating plans to station advanced missile systems on Yonaguni Island, a small and remote outpost just 110 kilometers (68 miles) east of Taiwan, intensifying one of the region’s most volatile security...
China sharply escalated its criticism of Japan on Sunday (Nov 23), with Foreign Minister Wang Yi describing it as “shocking” for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to openly send what he called a dangerous and “wrong signal” regarding Taiwan. The...
The Takaichi cabinet approved a record-breaking stimulus package totaling 42.8 trillion yen (US$273.77 billion) on Friday, marking the largest fiscal expansion in Japan since the Covid-19 pandemic. The package, which includes a 17.7 trillion yen ($113.21 billion) supplemental budget, is...
When Beijing issued a travel warning urging Chinese citizens to avoid Japan following a diplomatic flare-up over Taiwan, many in Tokyo’s tourism and retail sectors feared the worst. After all, Chinese tourists are the backbone of Japan’s hospitality economy, known...
Australia has officially joined India, Japan, and the United States for Exercise Malabar 2025, a high-profile Indo-Pacific maritime exercise designed to boost interoperability, strategic coordination, and collective maritime security. The Australian Ministry of Defence confirmed the nation’s participation on Wednesday,...
In international geopolitics, however, a week can feel like an eternity—and a few months can alter the entire balance of power. In 2017, during his first term, it was none other than Donald Trump who revived the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue—or...
Japan’s Ministry of Defense has confirmed that a Chinese Dongdiao-class electronic intelligence (ELINT) ship transited eastward through the Miyako Strait into the Pacific Ocean on November 4, prompting a full-spectrum monitoring operation by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Defense...
Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, said Monday she has formally requested a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as part of a renewed push to resolve the long-running issue of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang decades ago....
The South China Sea to the Taiwan Strait: Asia’s Security Order in Flux The ocean lanes of the Indo-Pacific are increasingly tense: from the contested features of the South China Sea, across the narrowing waters of the Taiwan Strait, to...
Japan’s top opposition parties were locked in intense negotiations on Tuesday, seeking to form a united front capable of taking power and preventing the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from retaining the premiership. The high-stakes talks follow the dramatic collapse...
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