English A Watershed Moment: What Japan Combat Deployment to the Philippines Signifies
During the US-Philippine joint military exercise “Balikatan 2026” conducted from March through April 2026, Japan’s Self-...
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English Breaking Silence After 54 Years: Humanity Returns to Lunar Orbit
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English The Atlantic Circulation Is Collapsing Faster Than We Thought
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English The Bank of Japan April Rate Hike Fades Amid Middle East Shock
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English Two Days Left Before the Hormuz Gamble: Will Japan Be Caught in the Crossfire?
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English The Month ’Ryukyu Independence’ Articles Surged Twentyfold, Nobody’s Timeline Noticed
In November 2025, something unusual happened in Chinese state media. Articles containing the words ’Ryukyu’ and ’independence’ surged to roughly twenty times their volume from the same month a year earlier, as reported by the Okinawa Times.
English Every Left-Wing Party in the Developed World Embraced National Defense. Japan’s Never Did.
In July 2016, the British House of Commons voted 472 to 117 to renew the Trident nuclear submarine program.
English The Alarmingly Short Distance From Five Million Voices to Twelve Bodies
In March 2026, two voices went silent in the waters off Henoko. During a protest against the construction of a new U.S. military base in Henoko, Nago City, Okinawa, two boats capsized, killing a high school student and a pastor. They were not wielding weapons. They were not occupying buildings.
English Before Henoko Costs Hit Another Record, Consider the 3,400 Landowners Holding Futenma’s Ground
Record spending on a project barely begun.In fiscal year 2026, Japan’s Defense Ministry allocated a record ¥337.3 billion for the Henoko relocation project, according to the Okinawa Times.
English The War That Never Came, the Correction That Never Followed: A Decade of Japan’s Security Predictions vs. Reality
Over the past decade, the phrase “Japan is becoming a country that wages war” has been repeated with extraordinary regularity.