- September 1st, 2026
A man left his seven-year-old son behind for hours on Japan's Mount Fuji while continuing the climb, resulting in a stern warning from authorities, police and local media reported. The boy was found alone on a hiking route on Thursday...
Japan’s US Security Dependence Faces New Test as Trump Shake-Up Raises Questions Over Tokyo’s Plan B
On Wednesday night, August 19, protesters gathered along roads near the residence of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, calling on her government to preserve Japan’s pacifist tradition and uphold the country’s constitutional commitment to peace. Their appeals came after a...
For six decades, Nissan Motor’s Oppama plant south of Tokyo has been a symbol of Japan’s industrial strength. Since opening in 1961, the factory has produced roughly 18 million vehicles, including the Nissan Leaf, one of the world’s first mass-market...
Japan and Russia faced a fresh diplomatic confrontation on Tuesday after Moscow summoned Japan’s ambassador over Tokyo’s protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to disputed islands claimed by both countries, adding another strain to relations already badly damaged by...
A new conceptual layer has emerged in the evolving defence relationship between Australia and Japan: the idea of “strategic depth.” While the term has been formally introduced into bilateral statements, its operational meaning remains only partially articulated. Yet defence analysts...
The Indo-Pacific security landscape is undergoing a notable recalibration, as diplomatic and legislative developments across the region signal a more networked and operational phase of strategic alignment among key middle powers. The recent meeting of QUAD foreign ministers in New...
The Philippine Army is undertaking a significant reassessment of its armored warfare roadmap, a process that is increasingly expanding beyond platform selection into wider questions of supply chain resilience, alliance diversification, and long-term combat readiness amid intensifying Indo-Pacific security competition....
The transit of a 10-ship Russian naval convoy through Japan’s strategically sensitive Tsushima Strait has intensified international scrutiny over Moscow’s accelerating militarisation of sanctions-evasion shipping networks stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Indo-Pacific maritime theatre. The convoy’s movement into...
The participation of Japanese combat troops for the first time in a multinational military exercise concluded today, marking a symbolic inflection point in Indo-Pacific security architecture and reviving an intensifying strategic debate over whether regional middle powers should move toward...
Japan has conducted its first live anti-ship missile firing exercise on Philippine soil, sinking a decommissioned Philippine Navy vessel during the ongoing Balikatan 2026 multinational military drills, in a move widely seen as a significant shift in Tokyo’s postwar defense...
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