The ongoing political impasse between Japan’s central government in Tokyo and the Okinawa prefectural government over U.S. military basing threatens the long-term...
Welcome to installment XIX (July 2020) of Sino-Japanese Review, a monthly column on major developments in relations between China and Japan that...
Last month, media reported that the Japanese government would be purchasing a small island off the coast of Kagoshima to build a...
In Okinawa, U.S. military bases are an ever-present issue in local politics. But only once before have residents of the island prefecture...
On February 24, the prefecture of Okinawa will hold a referendum on the construction of a major extension to the U.S. Marine...
When it comes to base-hosting issues in Okinawa, there is a tendency of looking at stakeholders as binary groups—Okinawa versus the mainland,...
The Trump Administration's possible withdrawal from the Intermediate Nuclear Forces treaty would have a major impact on Japan's security and U.S. alliance.
With a debate over controversial casino legislation and an LDP presidential election looming, Summer 2018 is set to be a busy one...
The victory of LDP-backed Taketoyo Toguchi in Okinawa’s Nago City mayoral election has drawn a wide range of interpretations. Some suggest that...
On January 9, Japan’s Minister of Defense Itsunori Onodera called his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of Defense James Mattis, and talked about two...
The dust has finally settled from the October 2017 Lower House election as the new year begins. There were some notable changes in...
There is probably some hypocrisy in discussing the appropriation of Okinawan culture from an Okinawan restaurant that has recently opened in a...