Indian Migrants in Tokyo
Migration from India to Japan has been growing strongly over recent decades. It provides an interesting case study of how a traditionally-closed society, Japan, opens up to the outside world. It also provides great...
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Sounding alarm on China, Japan and U.S. vow to collaborate more on defence
The United States and Japan on Friday voiced strong concern about China’s growing might and pledged to work together to push back against attempts to destabilise the region, including against emerging defence threats. The...
Taiwan, Japan eye ‘all round cooperation’ on chips
Taiwan and Japan’s ruling parties agreed on Friday to have “all round cooperation” on semiconductors and to hold regular talks, Taiwanese lawmakers said, after what are de facto discussions between the two governments. Although...
Japan admits overstating some government economic data for years
The Japanese government overstated construction orders data received from builders for years, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday, an admission that could dent credibility of official statistics widely used by investors and economists....
Is US leadership really in decline this time?
Michael Pembroke offers a scathing criticism of America’s postwar foreign policy, in his new book, “America in Retreat: the decline of US leadership – from WW2 to Covid-19”. Pembrook sees inevitability in China’s rise...
Misnomer of military ‘masculinity’: A case study of Nanjing massacre
In conservative, patriarchal societies, a binary of ‘effeminacy’ and strident masculinity often imprints itself upon the State and its (potential) subjects, highlighting the violent psycho-sexual archetypes underlying most forms of war and conflict. This...
Japan strengthening up defence amid threats from China, Russia and North Korea
As security threats from China, Russia and North Korea are rising, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed to strengthen the country’s defence capabilities by considering all options. Kishida said, “I will consider all options,...
Is India, the US, China, and Japan’s release of their strategic petroleum reserves to take on OPEC+ just a “Symbolic Act”?
While most Indians think that fuel prices are at an all-time high, and they are correct, but it is not only the Indians who are bearing the brunt of skyrocketing prices. Brent, the most...
Former PM Abe says Japan, U.S. could not stand by if China attacked Taiwan
Japan and the United States could not stand by if China attacked Taiwan, and Beijing needs to understand this, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday. Tensions over Chinese-claimed Taiwan have risen...
Analysis: Biden’s oil reserves bet mixes China outreach with appeal to U.S. voters
President Joe Biden’s move to release oil from strategic reserves in coordination with top oil consuming nations including China represents a unique bet that finding common ground with the United States’ biggest economic rival...
