While the Abe administration presents Aegis Ashore as an essential and relatively uncontroversial contribution to the defense of Japan from the North Korean threat, in reality the deployment of this missile defense system risks further destabilizing the security situation in Northeast Asia, especially with regard to Russia.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on August 19, 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on August 5, 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on July 31, 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on July 23, 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on June 30, 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on June 6, 2018.
In mid-2018, Okinawa’s anti-base movement faces a crisis. The struggle to resist construction of a US military base in Nago City’s Henoko district has never been easy. It confronts two governments, Japan and the United States, that deploy all instruments of state power–police, propaganda, intervening in local elections—to get their way.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on May 31, 2018.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on May 29, 2018.
