WHY JAPAN TODAY IS INCAPABLE OF DEFENDING ITS LAND AND PEOPLE
This year marks the 40th year since 13-year-old Megumi Yokota was abducted by North Korean agents, the 20th year since the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea (AFVKN) …
HOW DEFENSE MINISTER ITSUNORI ONODERA VIEWS NORTH KOREAN CRISIS
Marking the 69th anniversary of the founding of North Korea on September 9, Rodong Sinmun—the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of North Korea—front-paged an edito…
TWO KOREAS CHARGING HEAD FIRST TOWARDS REGIME CHANGES
Shortly after noon on September 3, North Korea tested a hydrogen bomb which can be mounted on an intercontinental ballistic missile. The state-run Korean Central Television declared it “a perfect…
A MUST-READ FOR JAPANESE WHO TAKE PEACE FOR GRANTED
Early on August 29, North Korea launched yet another ballistic missile, this one traveling over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido and landing in the Pacific. Three days earlier, on August …
NOTABLE JAPANESE INFLUENCE BEHIND WAR CONTROVERSIES WITH SOUTH KOREA
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has taken a bold step towards shifting from a position long held by past administrations regarding compensation for conscripted Korean laborers in Japan during …
