Special to WorldTribune.com South Korea and Japan have agreed to push for a resolution to a long-time dispute that weakens both nations’ critical alliance with the United States and has damaged ties between the two nations for decades. Japan and South Korea are key U.S. allies in a joint geopolitical posture that counters expansionist communist […]
Special to WorldTribune.com China has detained four Japanese nationals, one a defector from North Korea, on charges of spying for the Japan government. Tokyo has vehemently denied the charges which threaten to undermine the recent cooling of tensions between China and Japan that has included discussions on a summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has turned down China’s invitation to a military parade next week marking the end of World War II. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters on Aug. 24 the decision was made because of Abe’s parliamentary schedule, but many observers believe it had more to do with […]
Special to WorldTribune.com China issued a warning to Japan after parliament in Tokyo passed two landmark bills allowing Japanese troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War II, 70 years ago. China plans to mark the end of World War II in the Pacific theater with a large-scale military parade even though […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com It’s a time for anniversaries and memories of the tragedies that have afflicted Northeast Asia over the past century. On Tuesday, the Japanese remembered the horror of the single worst battle in Asian history, the three-month struggle for Okinawa. The battle ended with the final defeat of the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct The retrenchment of U.S. foreign policy under Barack Obama is triggering major changes in relations with formerly stout allies around the globe. In Europe, Asia and the Middle East, trust in the Obama administration among U.S. allies is at an all-time low and reflected in numerous policy […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — The word “trilateral” has a certain allure among those in search of ways to pull disparate nations or regions together. A group of three might cooperate while a group of two might form an alliance and fight the third one, the odd man out. Rather than […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com The Japanese don’t take kindly to people telling them what they should and shouldn’t teach. “As a sovereign nation, any country should be responsible for what to teach and how to teach it,” an experienced teacher in Japan told me when asked about this textbook controversy that so […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com Diplomatic tension between China and Japan is set to escalate to new heights during the Year of the Horse. July 25 marks the 120th anniversary of the start of the first Sino-Japanese War in 1894, and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership is expected to hold a series […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com Vicious competition between Asia’s two most powerful countries has spread to Africa, where China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are trying to woo the continent of 54 nations. On Jan. 6, Wang began a tour of Ethiopia, Djibouti, Ghana and Senegal. Meanwhile, Abe […]