Japanese Defense Minister Shinjirō Koizumi has publicly called for the acquisition of nuclear submarines, marking a significant strategic shift for the only nation to have suffered atomic bombings, wh ...

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Japan's new prime minister warned China that an attack on Taiwan could prompt a Japanese military response, heightening tensions. Japan has sent an envoy to China. They want to ease a disagreement ...

China has spent years building a sophisticated A2/AD network covering its First Island Chain. America has likewise spent ...

Japan’s Master Plan, if carried out without first attacking Pearl Harbour, would have allowed Japan to dominate everything from East Asia to the Suez Canal plus liberate India and Ceylon from British ...

World War II narratives, up for grabs. In September, China held a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the ...

A diplomatic row with Japan over Taiwan has China turning to Britain and France for support, appealing to their shared ...

The use of both international lawfare and historical narrative warfare signals a major, under-recognized shift in China’s ...

In a world beset by conflict in the Middle East and an enduring war in Ukraine, tensions are again heating up in East Asia.

Japan raised objections Saturday after China advised its citizens to avoid visiting Japan, as a feud over the new Japanese leader's remarks on Taiwan showed no signs of dying down. The government in ...

On November 7, while speaking to the National Diet’s lower house budget committee, Takaichi discussed a situation in which Japan’s military, formally known as the Self-Defense Forces (SDF), could be ...

China stepped up its economic war with Japan on Wednesday as a dispute between Asia’s two biggest economies intensified over a remark by Tokyo's new leader about a Japanese response to any Chinese ...