|
![]() |
![]() Brad GlossermanThe Japan Times |
I was in China for a chunk of the holidays. My son was attending a baseball camp in Shanghai — a story in itself — and the rest of the trip was...
A vacuum has emerged in politics around the world. Elections in democratic countries across the globe last year were marked by a decisive rejection...
Donald Trump "loves" tariffs. It’s “the most beautiful word in the dictionary” and “his favorite word.” In his mind, they are the cure-all for...
Three cheers for Australia — really and literally. Last week, the Canberra government completed an impressive trifecta of diplomatic achievements,...
Yutaka Mataebara, the "iron man" of The Japan Times editorial pages, passed away on Oct. 21 at the age of 89. Mataebara was a pillar of the JT:...
The real sign of great power status is a sphere of influence. Nothing says hegemony like a geographic space that extends well beyond a country’s...
Maybe distance isn’t so tyrannical after all. Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida liked to say that “Ukraine today is Asia tomorrow,” a pointed...
Everyone knows Japan’s demographic woes. Already the oldest, “grayest” nation on the planet, the nation’s population will plummet as fertility...
Few observers were surprised — or troubled — when Germany overtook Japan earlier this year as the world’s third-largest economy. The International...
When Russian and Chinese jets violated Japanese airspace last month, many assumed that the actions were coordinated. A pillar of the “partnership...
The warning could not be clearer. Europe faces “an existential crisis.” “Over time, we will inexorably become less prosperous, less equal, less...
In a world marching ever closer to some form of nuclear conflict, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty should be an essential tool in efforts to...
Have we commenced a new Cold War with China? While the question feels abstract, it has implications for foreign policy and has, as a result,...
Ever since then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe unveiled his Indo-Pacific vision, much of the geographic focus has been on India. That is understandable...
Two days of discussions last week at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego about Japan’s future role...
War gaming is in. Rising tensions around the world — and the conflicts they have triggered — have obliged military establishments to scrutinize...
For most governments, the primary concern when thinking about new and emerging technologies is their potential defense applications and the fear...
Nearly 60 years ago, on Oct. 16, 1964, China exploded its first nuclear device. That very same day, Beijing announced that it would “never at any...
International cooperation and collaboration is the backbone of modern science. It’s key to solving new and enduring problems in Japan and...
The “blue screen of death” that appeared last week on an estimated 8.5 million PCs and servers around the world running Microsoft software wasn’t a...