Why Japan's Rearmament Might Not Matter
Acrimony and elation erupted on opposing sides of a growing geopolitical rift in the Pacific following Japan's decision to sidestep its constitution and seek a more aggressive global posture. AP reported that, "Japan's Cabinet on Tuesday approved a reinterpretation...
The Inquiry Into The "Abducted Japanese"
Having given a historical essay on the development of the problem in previous material, we now proceed to the current news, which at a minimum shows a continuation to the dialog. First of all, the DPRK established a special committee to investigate...
Barack and Shinzo Go To War
On July 1st, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe made a decision to allow the use of its armed forces outside the country. Naturally, East Asian countries are not thrilled by the decision. Almost all of them - China, Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia...
Japan and the right to collective self-defence
On July 1, 2014, the Japanese Cabinet finally passed a new reinterpretation of Article 9 of the country’s constitution. It will now allow Japan to protect their allies from armed aggression as part of the collective self-defence principle. This thus opens...
Japanese Sanctions Against The Russian Federation
As we well know, in March of this year, Japan joined other Western countries in enacting sanctions against the Russian Federation in response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea. The Japanese Foreign Minister said that its government is freezing their investments...
Shinzo Abe tests the waters in Europe
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s European tour set to hit a number of countries along with the EU and NATO headquarters between May 1 and May 9, 2014 is an important stage in the “great maneuvers” currently unfolding as part of the new global game. Shinzo Abe’s...
US is Losing its Geo-Political Edge in Asia!
The US ambitious “pivot” to Asia is not working the way it would have wanted it to. Not only is is facing strong competition and resistance from potential ‘enemy’ states, but its own so-called ‘allies’ have also started to become a source of trouble rather...
“Sweeping All Away To War...”
On 24 April, during a visit to Tokyo, US President Barack Obama declared that his country has an obligation to defend Japan should the confrontation with China over the disputed Senkaku Islands become exacerbated. Nearly two weeks before, on 5 April, the Japanese government...
Is Japan’s Abe Taking his Cues from Cheney’s Washington Friends?
Since a dispute over ownership of a group of barren and remote islands in the East China Sea—China calls them Diaoyu Islands, Japan, Senkaku—tensions between the two economic giants of Asia have escalated to a point of near military clash when China...
Washington is forcing Japan to adopt a law on state secrets
Troublesome state of Shinzo Abe
The Japanese economy is stagnating the last two decades yet. Its main problems are a declining real sector of the economy, combined with relocation of production capacities to China, high wages, a large number of long-living pensioners, together with a low birth rate, a huge (mostly domestic...
The conflict around Senkaku. Version.
It has been getting obvious recently that the conflict between China and Japan around the Senkaku (Diaoyu Islands has the ever-increasing tension. It is understood that China is not talking of any preferences in its relations with Japan, its economic interests in the archipelago...