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Category: Japan geopolitics

February 12, 2021 leejayuk

Japan must foster its own approach to the Myanmar crisis

February 4, 2021 leejayuk

Japan and the United Kingdom to strengthen geopolitical ties

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 leejayuk

Japan continues to welcome Western military support in East Asia aimed at China: UK strike group

December 23, 2020 leejayuk

Japan and India support a free and open Indo-Pacific region: China isn’t boosting allies

November 19, 2020 leejayuk

Australia and Japan agree on a historic Defense Pact

November 17, 2020 leejayuk

Nikkei above 26,000 in high not seen since 1991: Japanese worry about Covid-19

October 26, 2020 leejayuk

Japan will not sign the United Nations Nuclear Ban Treaty based on geopolitics

October 19, 2020 leejayuk

US firm alleges China hacking Japan Covid-19 projects: Skepticism is needed

October 18, 2020 leejayuk

Japan to support the United Kingdom joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership

October 16, 2020 leejayuk

PM Suga of Japan to visit Vietnam and Indonesia: Anti-China hawks need silencing

October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 leejayuk

Japan protests after China patrol incursion: Early test for PM Suga

September 30, 2020 leejayuk

Prime Minister Suga showing early nationalist signs

September 26, 2020September 27, 2020 leejayuk

PM Suga of Japan and President Xi of China talk by phone

September 19, 2020 leejayuk

Japan and diplomacy with China: Australia, India, Japan, and America to meet

September 16, 2020 leejayuk

Yoshihide Suga announced the official Prime Minister of Japan

September 14, 2020 leejayuk

Yoshihide Suga to become the next Prime Minister of Japan

September 11, 2020September 11, 2020 leejayuk

Japan and the UK sign a trade deal but eyes are on Trans-Pacific Partnership

August 31, 2020 leejayuk

Japan and important factions supporting Suga’s bid for leadership

August 30, 2020 leejayuk

Foreign policy of Japan in the post-Abe period: America, China, Mekong, and Russia

August 22, 2020 leejayuk

Japan and South Korea and the GSOMIA merry-go-round: Japan should focus on China and Russia

August 6, 2020 leejayuk

Japan to mark the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima while protected by US nuclear umbrella

July 27, 2020 leejayuk

Japan is hoping that America and China will take a more diplomatic stance 

July 25, 2020 leejayuk

U.S. military reaches 201 Covid-19 infections in Okinawa since July 4

July 21, 2020 leejayuk

America, Australia, and Japan in Naval Exercises in Asia Pacific waters

July 14, 2020July 25, 2020 leejayuk

Okinawa already burdened by U.S. military bases now fears Covid-19 crisis 

July 7, 2020 leejayuk

Japan in obvious 16.2 percent Covid-19 related decline in household spending in May

July 1, 2020 leejayuk

Japan needs pragmatism on Hong Kong issue: Geopolitics of Northeast Asia

June 8, 2020 leejayuk

Japan is pragmatic about Hong Kong: China versus Australia, Canada, US, and the UK

April 10, 2020 leejayuk

Japan to assist companies in leaving China: Coronavirus economic convulsions

April 4, 2020April 6, 2020 leejayuk

U.S. Embassy in Tokyo warns Americans about coronavirus and hints at suspicions 

March 9, 2020 leejayuk

Japan contraction before the coronavirus black swan equates to economic woes

March 3, 2020 leejayuk

Northeast Asian powers of China, Japan, and South Korea face major economic coronavirus problems

February 21, 2020February 21, 2020 leejayuk

How Can Japan Boost Its Cyber Defenses Ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?

February 19, 2020 leejayuk

Cyber attack fears in Japan ahead of the Tokyo Olympics according to the Bank of Japan 

February 16, 2020 leejayuk

Coronavirus and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics: 8 new cases in Tokyo and more nationally

February 13, 2020 leejayuk

The first death in Japan from coronavirus (Covid-19) while internal infections increase

January 29, 2020 leejayuk

Local Government of Osaka at odds with the Japanese Government over Coronavirus

January 26, 2020 leejayuk

Japan to evacuate nationals from Wuhan: 56 dead from Coronavirus and 2,000 infections

January 10, 2020 leejayuk

Japan PM to visit Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates: US and Iran

January 9, 2020 leejayuk

Japan seeks restraint from America and Iran before the planned Self Defense Force mission

January 1, 2020 leejayuk

North Korea leaves the US door open despite possible new nuclear tests: Japan is looking on

November 29, 2019 leejayuk

The influential former Japanese PM dies but the legacy of Yasuhiro Nakasone lives on

November 10, 2019 leejayuk

South Korea is intent on terminating GSOMIA and this bodes well for Japan

October 24, 2019 leejayuk

Japan puts faith in Myanmar under Aung San Suu Kyi and her democratic path

September 25, 2019 leejayuk

Japan cements military ties with Australia and the trilateral approach with America

August 2, 2019 leejayuk

PM Dmitry Medvedev of Russia rebukes Japan over his visit to the Kuril Islands (Northern Territories)

July 26, 2019 leejayuk

First Ever Sino-Russian Joint Air Patrol Barely Avoids Triggering Regional Conflict

July 22, 2019 leejayuk

Abe and ruling political bloc wins Upper House election in Japan but voter apathy is high

July 12, 2019 leejayuk

Japan touts national security in a spat with South Korea after high-tech restrictions

June 16, 2019 leejayuk

Japan Considers a New Security Relationship Via “Networking” with Taiwan

June 14, 2019 leejayuk

PM Abe of Japan returns from a pointless visit to Iran: Middle East quagmire

June 6, 2019 leejayuk

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to visit Iran but Saudi Arabia may be displeased?

June 5, 2019December 7, 2019 leejayuk

Capitalist Big Brother in Japan: Yahoo Japan to Mizuho FG and George Orwell

May 31, 2019 leejayuk

Japan and Russia territorial dispute made worse based on US containment policies

May 25, 2019 leejayuk

President Trump to enjoy his state visit to Japan and meet the new Emperor

April 24, 2019December 12, 2019 leejayuk

Sterilization of people deemed “unworthy and unfit” from conservative Japan to liberal Sweden 

April 20, 2019 leejayuk

US and Japan affirm Cybersecurity ties: Japan’s non-Northeast Asian fixation and Russia

April 8, 2019 leejayuk

Electronic warfare and Japan: New approach to the Russian Federation?

March 22, 2019 leejayuk

EU to assist Myanmar in the education sector: Japan welcomes EU assistance

March 10, 2019 leejayuk

March 11 Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011: Heroes of Otsuchi to Fleeing Embassies

March 2, 2019 leejayuk

Myanmar attracts investment from the Northeast Asian powers of China, Japan, and South Korea

February 26, 2019 leejayuk

PM Abe to ignore the voice of Okinawa and increase tensions based on placating America

February 25, 2019February 26, 2019 leejayuk

Japan government should listen to Okinawans after 72 percent reject US base move

January 13, 2019May 16, 2019 leejayuk

Electronic warfare a concern for Japan: Modernization on developments in China and Russia

December 27, 2018 leejayuk

Japan to increase its Cyber Defense: NATO and CCDCOE

December 26, 2018 leejayuk

Nikkei index in Japan declines by 5% in one day: The long shadow of America

December 18, 2018 leejayuk

Military option enhanced in Japan based on the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade

November 23, 2018 leejayuk

Quad Restrictions: Addressing PRC Investment Concerns in the Indo-Pacific (Australia, India, Japan, and US)

November 16, 2018 leejayuk

Cyber-security minister in Japan isn’t keen on using computers: Abe and cronyism

October 28, 2018 leejayuk

Sanctions against Myanmar are “Nonsense” claims the Ambassador of Japan

October 26, 2018 leejayuk

Prime Minister Abe of Japan meets President Xi of China: A wary eye remains

October 22, 2018 leejayuk

Japan hopes America will not pull out of INF treaty with the Russian Federation

October 17, 2018 leejayuk

Myanmar should utilize its geopolitical importance: Positive ties with China, India, and Japan

October 13, 2018 leejayuk

Russia accuses Japan of “megaphone diplomacy” over military drills in contested waters

October 11, 2018 leejayuk

Japan and Mekong nations of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam to strengthen ties

October 8, 2018 leejayuk

PM Shinzo Abe of Japan says that the United Kingdom would be welcome to join the TPP

October 3, 2018 leejayuk

Japan to welcome State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar and discuss bilateral issues

October 3, 2018 leejayuk

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s nearly all-male Cabinet doesn’t look good for a modern society

October 2, 2018 leejayuk

Trump highlights the threat of tariffs that forced a U-turn by Japan unlike the weakness of Obama

September 27, 2018September 27, 2018 leejayuk

Bilateral talks on tariffs between America and Japan agreed by Trump and Abe

September 21, 2018 leejayuk

President Trump of America and Prime Minister Abe of Japan to hold a summit next week in New York

September 18, 2018 leejayuk

US and Japan trade talks set back after fresh tariffs imposed on China: Beijing today, Tokyo tomorrow?

September 12, 2018 leejayuk

Putin of Russia suggests the signing of a peace treaty with Abe of Japan

August 21, 2018 leejayuk

Japan needs to listen to the people of Okinawa: U.S. base and Central Government threat

August 20, 2018 leejayuk

Japan’s Foreign Policy: China and Russia are essential because no warrior Benkei in sight

August 2, 2018 leejayuk

Japan continues to support the efforts of Iran to implement the nuclear deal: US and Japan

August 1, 2018 leejayuk

Japan and its military air-launched missiles upgrade : North Korea and China

July 18, 2018 leejayuk

Japan and EU trade deal is a sign that both entities oppose protectionism and Trump’s America First

July 8, 2018 leejayuk

At least 81 dead in Japan after floods and landslides wreak havoc in Western and Southwestern Japan

June 14, 2018 leejayuk

Japan fears repercussions of US halting military exercises with South Korea: Glee in Russia

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