
G7 in Japan: Finger Wagging at Russia and China
Apart from Moscow’s war in Ukraine, Beijing’s increasingly muscular position on its claim to Taiwan and the South China Sea is bringing the G7 considerable anxiety.

Apart from Moscow’s war in Ukraine, Beijing’s increasingly muscular position on its claim to Taiwan and the South China Sea is bringing the G7 considerable anxiety.

Russia’s naval drills coincided with a visit by Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu, who said that military cooperation between Russia and China was “developing very well.”

Japan has struggled to wean itself off Russian energy imports and made the decision with the prior approval of the United States.

Two-thirds of Japanese believe in supporting Ukraine, even if that’s economically harmful to them, as PM Kishida vows to ramp up financial aid.

Backtracking on his earlier statements, Japan’s celebrity academic argued that terms like “mass suicide” and “mass seppuku” were intended as “abstract metaphors.”

Global defense cooperation is needed to address mounting security challenges, as the future of the rules-based international order is at stake, warned the secretary general.

Lieutenant General James Bierman likened the U.S.’s current military preparations in the Asia-Pacific region to those it took in Ukraine post-2014.

Japan sent fighter jets to monitor a Chinese aircraft carrier that, together with warships, has been carrying out operations near the Pacific nation’s waters.

This change for Japan, which had renounced the right to wage war and had adopted a stance of military non-involvement in international disputes, illustrates how much the geopolitical reality has changed in recent years.

Natsume’s works that wrestled with themes such as sin and responsibility are indebted to his experiences with Christianity.