Japan

It is relatively easy to establish coalitions to work on non-traditional security issues, but nurturing a group to focus on security issues as the core is not easy, especially for countries like India.

For Pacific Islanders, who feel a strong guardianship over the Pacific Ocean, Japan’s plan to release contaminated water into the ocean is of critical importance. 

With new defense budget ambitions and revised security documents, Japan’s current security policies reflect both continuity and change. 

Japan and the U.S. are actively taking note of changes in China’s naval and air capabilities in the region and making changes of their own.

Ties between the two U.S. Asian allies have long been complicated by grievances related to Japan's brutal rule of the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945.

The China factor has steadied the two nations' strategic partnership, despite their differences of opinion on other matters.

Japan and Germany rediscovered their geopolitical voice in 2022, making parallel efforts to develop more assertive national security postures. 

The Japanese defense ministry estimates that Tokyo will need to spend 48 trillion yen on defense over the next five years if it wants to achieve its security goals.

Kishida is attempting to calm public outrage over his handling of his party's extensive ties to the Unification Church.

In an apparent move to calm continued public outrage, Kishida ordered an investigation into the Unification Church.

The latest allegations center on 76 million yen a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member received from Tokyo-based publishing company Kadokawa.

The national security advisors from the three countries met in Honolulu this week to discuss a coordinated response to the growing North Korean threat.