A weekend appearance by Taiwan’s Premier Cho Jung-tai at Tokyo Dome, where he cheered on his island’s team at the World Baseball Classic, has created a geopolitical storm. But the real significance of ...

December 1941 brought the Pacific War to the doorstep of Hong Kong, a British colony that had quietly become a crucial supply hub for China during the ongoing Sino-Japanese War. In this episode, we ...

The defending champs and the most talented baseball player on the planet make for a dangerous combination. On Friday night, ...

Beijing urged Tokyo on Monday to adhere to peaceful development and follow the four political documents between China and Japan, which serve as the political foundation of bilateral relations. Foreign ...

The sinking of the IRIS Dena by an American submarine in the Indian Ocean and off the coast of Sri Lanka marks the first time the US sunk a ship with a torpedo after World War Two. What are torpedoes, ...

An essay contest for public school children was a propaganda exercise in disguise, with Japan and Taiwan as the targets.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reportedly hopes to have a meeting with United States President Donald Trump in March, ahead of a visit to China that Trump has mooted for April. Rather than ...

In this article, we answer your most searched for questions about World War II, covering Hitler’s motivations through to key ...

The prime minister is moving quickly to establish Tokyo as a military power in the Indo-Pacific.

ONE of the Philippines’ closest regional partners, Japan, recently doubled its defense expenditure under a new government led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in response to what it says is the most ...

Sanae Takaichi’s political rise presages a stronger Japan that could reshape the strategic balance in Asia and help deter Chinese aggression.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party scored a historic win earlier this month, positioning her as a leader of the free world. And China was the big loser in Japan’s ...