The Japan – US contingency plan – Less than meets the eye
The Kyodo News reported the other day that the U.S. and Japanese militaries have written a draft plan for a ‘Taiwan contingency’...
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Grant Newsham on the relations between Japan and South Korea and strategic challenges for East Asia
Center Senior Fellow Grant Newsham joined the Audacious Aotearoa podcast to discuss the current state of relations between Japan and...
Time for Japan and South Korea to bury the hatchet
For years, American diplomats and military leaders have been asking the South Koreans and the Japanese, “Can’t we all just...
Prof. Kerry Gershaneck: How China conducts political warfare: Taiwan & Thailand case studies
Prof. Kerry Gershaneck joined the Westminster Institute to discuss his new book, “Media Warfare: Taiwan’s Battle for the Cognitive Domain."...
Grant Newsham – Asia East by North: Japanese ‘pacifism’
Welcome to Asia, East by North. I’m Grant Newsham. Each week, Asia, East by North introduces a topic of current...
Japan’s Election: No drastic changes. Steady as she goes — and not very fast
Japan is holding an election for the Diet Lower House (think: U.S. House of Representatives) on October 31st. Japanese elections...
View from Japan: How to defend against hypersonic glide weapons
On October 19, North Korea test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile that profiled an irregular trajectory in the atmosphere. On September...
View from Japan: Be alert to Japan’s creeping communist party
Campaigns have started in Japan for the October 31 general election of the House of Representatives. A remark by Secretary...
Following US lead no longer an option for Japan after Biden’s ‘strategic failure’
The messy U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan brings a realization that Japan is destined to be kept out of the loop,...
Japan’s defense awakening: Woke enough?
Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MOD) submitted a record defense budget request this year. What is the significance of this? An...
Japan–Taiwan ‘security’ talks: Something new and significant
Change comes slowly in Japan–especially when it involves national defense. But sometimes something happens that causes one to raise an...
Taiwan, Japan urged to ‘stand together’ as China threat prompts security talks
Editor's Note: Center Senior Fellow Grant Newsham was quoted in this piece by John Feng on Japan and Taiwan's military...
Samsung: A temporary reprieve, but still in Moon’s crosshairs
South Korean President Moon Jae-in will let Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong out of prison on Aug. 13. Lee’s case...
Grant Newsham – Asia East by North: Episodes 1-4
Episode 1 - Assessing the US-ROK alliance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXoCNooV1xQ Episode 2 - Why doesn't the CIA already know where Covid-19 came...
Japanese ‘host nation support’ for US forces: End it
The United States and Japan will soon restart negotiations over “host nation support.” That’s the money Japan pays to cover...
Grant Newsham – Asia East by North: The new opium war
Center Senior Fellow Grant Newsham speaks on the fentanyl flood into the U.S. from the PRC on his new program...