Japan will formally launch a National Intelligence Agency by the end of July 2026, its first prime minister-led intelligence body since World War II, in an overhaul that Prime Mini......
As tensions across East Asia continue to rise, China's People's Liberation Army Navy fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile into the Pacific on July 6 — a test that breached ......
Throughout June, Chinese coast guard vessels pushed into Japanese and Philippine waters on three separate fronts east and southeast of Taiwan, escorting government research ships a......
Two Chinese government vessels entered the restricted waters surrounding Itu Aba Island on June 11 — the first deliberate intrusion since Taiwan formally designated those zones in ......
China's export restrictions on Japan, now in their sixth month, are doing exactly what Beijing intended: severing a critical link in the U.S. defense industrial supply chain — and ......
When Japan and the Philippines quietly announced plans to draw a maritime boundary in waters east of Taiwan, China did not file a diplomatic protest. It sent warships.Within days o......
When Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. announced at their Tokyo summit on May 28 that the two countries would begin for......
Taiwan's foreign ministry pushed back Tuesday against a bilateral maritime boundary deal taking shape between two of Washington's closest Asian allies, demanding consultation right......
For decades, Japan's deepest security anxiety was being pulled into an American war it did not choose. That fear, a leading Japanese political scientist now argues, has been overta......
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has reclaimed a commanding parliamentary majority, but the prime minister who engineered that landslide now faces a more difficult test: rev......
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi confirmed on the evening of May 15 that U.S. President Donald Trump called her directly from Air Force One shortly after departing China, off......
The Bank of Japan opened its two-day policy meeting on April 26, with markets widely expecting the central bank to hold its benchmark interest rate at 0.75% when results are announ......
Japan's government on April 21 approved a sweeping overhaul of its defense export rules, permitting domestic arms manufacturers to sell lethal weapons overseas for the first time i......
A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer transited the Taiwan Strait on April 17 for the first time in roughly ten months, prompting an immediate diplomatic protest......
Poland has taken a more visible stance on Taiwan in recent months, culminating in a joint statement with Japan that underscores the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan ......
Japan's Self-Defense Forces joined Monday's annual U.S.-Philippines Balikatan exercises as full combat participants for the first time, deploying ground, maritime, and air units to......
Kuomintang (KMT) politician Cheng Li‑wun (鄭麗文) has embarked on a high‑profile trip to mainland China. For someone whose loyalty to core KMT values has long been in doubt, the react......
The conflict in the Gulf has triggered a global energy crisis, forcing countries dependent on Gulf oil to ration consumption and rethink supply chains. The International Energy Age......
"The Lobby Used to Be So Packed You Could Barely Move. Now It Feels Like a Different Hotel."At a resort hotel in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, Chinese guests once accounte......
U.S. President Donald Trump had been scheduled to travel to Beijing by late March for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but cancelled the trip dramatically on the eve of ......
Now entering its third week, the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran shows no signs of resolution. Debates continue to swirl in Washington over whether to force open the St......
Donald Trump has never been known for diplomatic restraint. But even by his own standards, what unfolded in the Oval Office on March 19 was striking. Seated beside Japanese Prime M......
Most people who have visited Tokyo in recent years share a common feeling: Japan has become less expensive. Whether it's sushi, cute trinkets, or electronics, the prices seem quite......
The Japanese government has launched a legal review to determine whether it can deploy the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. The ......
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced Friday that Japan will independently tap into its national strategic petroleum reserves as early as Monday, citing escalating confl......
A historic election landslide for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has sparked intense debate among policy experts in Taiwan, with scholars warning that Tokyo's potential shi......
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has secured a historic landslide in the House of Representatives election, winning 316 seats—more than two-thirds of the chamber. Sanae Takai......
Following a landslide election victory for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party, markets are bracing for a shift toward expansionary fiscal policy focu......
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Saturday congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on her party's victory in Japan's House of Representatives election, describing th......
Japan's February 8 lower house election has become more than a routine parliamentary contest. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has deliberately turned it into a personal referendum on......
Japanese Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi has issued a definitive ultimatum regarding her political survival, pledging immediate resignation sho......
Japanese Prime MinisterSanae Takaichi will hold a press conference this evening (19th) to express her position on dissolving the House of Representatives at the beginning of the re......
As China takes a more confrontational stance towards Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration, traditionalSino-Japanese diplomatic relations have stalled as Tokyo pu......
A phone call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump on November 24 revealed significant discrepancies between the two countries' priorities.China's Xi......
