Hyping external threats to justify military expansion, war preparations typical tactics of Japanese militarism: Chinese FM

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning. A spokesperson of Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that hyping up ...

C Raja Mohan writes | Japan’s new military doctrine is about balancing Trump’s America and Xi’s China. There are lessons for India

Tokyo is not breaking from its One China policy. But it has increasingly signalled that a military conflict over Taiwan would ...

China’s WWII anniversary parade rekindles cross-strait battle over war narrative − and fears in Taiwan of future conflict

But as an expert on Taiwan-China relations, I’m interested in the battle over the narrative between Taipei and Beijing. During World War II, China’s communists and nationalist ...

Chinese FM rejects Japan’s denial of ‘neo-militarism,’ emphasizing ‘what Japan does matters far more than what it says’

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning. When asked to comment on Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara's ...

Why Yasukuni Shrine is a controversial symbol of Japan’s war legacy

Nearly eight decades after Japan’s defeat in World War Two, Tokyo’s Yasukuni shrine remains a potent symbol of its wartime ...

The logistics of war: How Washington is preparing for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan

WASHINGTON--When U.S. and Australian troops practiced amphibious landings, ground combat and air operations last summer, they ...
The Economist

Why Japan and China will struggle to end their feud

R ICHARD NIXON’S surprise trip to China to meet Mao Zedong in 1972 came to be known in Japan as a “Nixon shock”. Donald Trump’s choreographed meeting with Xi Jinping was n ...

Russia’s military activity has Japan fearing a dual-front war

Japan scrambled its fighter jets 448 times in nine months last year. Most of the intercepts involved Russian or Chinese ...