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Subscribe for ads-free reading Early on Thursday, a Chinese Navy frigate entered the contiguous zone adjacent to the 12 nautical mile Japanese territorial sea around the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea. According to a Kyodo report, citing the Japanese Defense Ministry, a Chinese frigate, identified as a Type 054 Jiankai-I-class, “ship entered the zone northeast of Kuba Island
Subscribe for ads-free reading In post-war Japan, Makoto Iida and Juichi Toda came to be known as the founding fathers of the country’s security industry. In 1962, the long-time friends and business partners created Secom Co., the first Japanese firm to provide security services to private and commercial properties. Within a few years, the company played a key role in protecting athletic facilitie
Subscribe for ads-free reading The speech of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-Jeou on Taiping Island (also known as Itu Aba, among other names) on January 28 not only demonstrates his view on the territorial disputes in the South China Sea, but also reveals the dilemma that confronts his successor, President-elect Tsai Ing-wen. With its occupation of some South China Sea islands after the end of the Se
Subscribe for ads-free reading South Korea authorities said on Tuesday that two Chinese fighters had entered South Korea’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea, near Jeju Island. South Korea responded to the incident by scrambling fighters. According to Jeon Ha-kyu, a spokesman for South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), the incident occurred on Sunday. The Chinese jets
Economic Revitalization Minister Akira Amari resigns from the Cabinet over a cash-for-favors bribery scandal, Reporting by Shukan Bunshun (a weekly tabloid magazine) last week, which alleged Economic Revitalization Minister Akira Amari was involved in a cash-for-favors bribery scandal, led to Japan’s “TPP Chief” resigning from the Cabinet on Thursday. Amari explained, “Out of respect for my duty a
Subscribe for ads-free reading With a reemerging China in great power politics, instability on the Korean Peninsula, ongoing territorial disputes with Russia, and the rise of non-state actors, Japan is recalibrating its national security calculus at a time of changing dynamics in the Asia Pacific. The reinterpretation of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution to allow for collective self-defense a
Subscribe for ads-free reading After more than a decade in Tokyo, I am struck by the countless foreign diplomats and businesspersons who lament Japanese parochialism. They forget the huge obstacles Japanese face in understanding the world scene. “Western software” from Europe and the New Worlds it spawned in the Americas and Oceania have lorded over the world for centuries. What Pericles said of A
Subscribe for ads-free reading The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) and the U.S. Navy are holding a joint naval exercise in the South China Sea, the Yomiuri Shimbun reports. The exercise marks the first bilateral U.S.-Japan exercise in the area. The drill comes days after the United States staged its first freedom of navigation operation within 12 nautical miles of a Chinese artificial
Subscribe for ads-free reading It’s turned out to be an eventful week for the South China Sea. On October 26, the USS Lassen conducted a freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) within 12 nautical miles of an artificial land feature that China has reclaimed and been building on since the beginning of this year. China strongly condemned the U.S. action as having “threatened China’s sovereignty and s
Subscribe for ads-free reading Recent news stories about education in Japan have noted that 26 of the 60 national universities that offer courses in the humanities and social sciences have confirmed they will either close or reduce faculties in these areas. This follows a decree issued by the Japanese government that universities “serve areas that better meet society’s needs” in a letter sent from
Subscribe for ads-free reading The highly contentious deliberation on the security legislation in Japan has entered a final stage. A strong sense of frustration prevails among Japanese public. An opinion poll conducted by the Asahi Shimbun on September 12-13 shows that a whopping 75 percent of the respondents do not think that the debate over the bill has been exhausted. Day after day, the media
Subscribe for ads-free reading On September 3, political leaders in Beijing will convene a massive military parade to commemorate the victory of allied forces over Japan in World War II. What will be on display for the world to see, in addition to 10,000 Chinese troops and their modern military equipment, is the Chinese propaganda apparatus in full gear. What will be missing is a fully accurate de
Uyghurs have become a thorny issue for Thailand and other Southeast Asian nations in their relations with China. Following the attack on the Erawan Shrine on August 18 in central Bangkok, which killed 20, including a number of Chinese tourists, and injured more than 100, Thai authorities and media speculated that the attack could be the work of Uyghur extremists from China’s restive Xinjiang provi
Operation Lal Dora, a 1983 Indian plan to invade Mauritius, sheds light on New Delhi’s thinking about the Indian Ocean. Operation Lal Dora, a shelved 1983 plan by the Indian government to militarily intervene in the small Indian Ocean island state of Mauritius to prevent a coup, is a fascinating piece of Indian Ocean history and sheds light on how New Delhi thinks about the region. A 2013 paper au
Japan’s Emperor Akihito appears to be determined to remind his people of the horrors of World War II. Japanese Emperor Akihito’s August 15 remarks to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the unconditional capitulation of the Empire of Japan to the United States proved to be a “dagger rather than a sword” to quote John Delury from a recent exchange I had with him on Twitter. While, Emperor Akihito e
Subscribe for ads-free reading On 28 July, the Japanese government embarrassed itself by allowing its Ministry of Defence (MoD) to republish in English a grotesque piece of anti-China propaganda which in its lack of sophistication, anti-China bias and cartoonish style is worthy of the worst days of the Soviet Union and its highly discredited series, “Whence the Threat to Peace”. The MoD document,
Subscribe for ads-free reading Absent a major upset, the Japanese Diet will approve new security legislation this September. The Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF, Japan’s armed services) should thus be better able to assist allied militaries (“collective self defense”), and to intervene overseas, even if Japan is not directly under attack. The most striking aspect of these reforms is that they sh
Moscow is stepping up its military presence on the disputed Kuril Islands. Russia plans to massively invest in military and civilian infrastructure projects on the Kuril islands, TASS reports quoting Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. “We’re restoring both the civilian and defense infrastructure of the Kurils,” he said this Thursday at a news conference where he also announced a visit to the
Japan has in fact apologized repeatedly for its wartime past. So why haven’t they resonated? Subscribe for ads-free reading The “history” debate that constantly attends Japan postulates that the country has never apologized for past aggression within the region. In fact, Japan has provided Asian countries with assistance that was a form of compensation. The Asian Women’s Fund lacked clarity, but T
Japan’s participation in a NATO missile development consortium could lead to multi-national projects in Asia. Ever since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s return to the top in Tokyo in December 2012, Japan has steadily been increasing its defense cooperation with a range of partners, both in Asia and elsewhere. Abe has spearheaded defense commerce, research and development, and production cooperation wi
Subscribe for ads-free reading This is Karel Aster’s year. In April, the Czech Republic granted the 95-year-old Florida resident the nation’s highest honor, the Gratias Agit, for his valor and bravery during World War II. Aster had volunteered to fight with the Americans in 1941 to defend the Philippines against the Japanese invasion. He survived the battle, the Bataan Death March, a hell ship to
Subscribe for ads-free reading On the heels of high-level bilateral talks between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, Japan announced that it will join the Talisman Saber 2015 military exercise. The biennial exercises are a major feature of the United States’ military cooperation with Australia, and Japan’s participation will be a first. As Reuters repo
A Japanese opposition leader on what is wrong with the changes to The Guidelines for Japan-U.S. Defense Cooperation. The governments of Japan and the United States of America have agreed to revise The Guidelines for Japan-U.S. Defense Cooperation for the first time in eighteen years. This revision is extremely problematic both in terms of its actual content and in the way that it is being carried
The pressure on the press, both domestic and foreign, in Japan has been unprecedented under Abe. If there is anything that Japan’s current Abe-led administration and ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) dislike intensely, it is media criticism of its actions and policies. This might explain the crackdown on freedom of the media in both electronic and paper formats in recent months. This is a worr
Contrary to popular belief, the trilateral security cooperation isn’t all about keeping China in check. Japan’s cooperation with Australia, which began with much fanfare in 2006, has been given added momentum and impetus in recent years by the combined efforts of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott. This is a significant development in the region’s security
What Japan is doing is clear. Why it is doing it is much more complex. Is Japan striving for military “normalcy,” hedging against uncertainty, or balancing a more assertive China? Under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan has increased defense spending, reinterpreted Article Nine of its once-pacifist constitution, strengthened its alliance with the United States, relaxed constraints on its defense i
The silence of the Japanese prime minister following the recent “apartheid” controversy speaks volumes. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has envisioned a Japan of restored hard power and global status. He has been unflinching in advocating bold economic policies and controversial security measures. But while the Japanese electorate may be on board – for now, anyway – with the prime minister’s in
Subscribe for ads-free reading Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has changed how it describes South Korea, raising concerns among South Koreans that the the bilateral relationship is becoming more strained. On the MOFA’s website, Japan used to describe South Korea as “an important neighboring country that shares basic values with Japan such as freedom, democracy, and a market economy.” However,
Subscribe for ads-free reading Americans and Asians should applaud Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s impassioned speech before the Japanese Diet urging its support for “the most drastic reforms since the end of World War II.” The intended reform that most impacts regional security is a change to Article 9 of the Constitution which restricts Japan’s military capabilities. Removing some of the limitations
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