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Taketoyo Toguchi (center) is surrounded by supporters in Nago, Okinawa prefecture, on February 4, 2018. Photo: AFP / Jiji Press / Japan Out

Beijing, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Okinawa electing a ‘pro-base’ mayor shouldn’t be a surprise

by Grant Newsham February 7, 2018February 8, 2018

A United Airlines Boeing 747 in Beijing airport. Photo: iStock

China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, South Korea, World

Boeing rolls the dice in China with 737 ‘finishing plant’

by Grant Newsham February 4, 2018February 18, 2020

1987年7月1日，美国保守联盟（American Conservative Union）主席David Knee（图中）在华盛顿国会山庄用锤子摧毁一部东芝（Toshiba）收音机。美国国会参议院当时得悉东芝被指贩卖秘密潜艇科技予苏联后，投票通过抵制其产品。相片: AFP / Renato Rotolo

China, Japan, Northeast Asia

美向中发动贸易战 – 比日本版更艰巨

by Grant Newsham January 31, 2018February 18, 2020

The Xue Long icebreaker made made China's first circumnavigation of the Arctic in 2017. Photo: Bahnfrend

AT Finance, Beijing, China, France, India, Iraq, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia, World

China as a ‘near Arctic state’ – chutzpah overcoming geography

by Grant Newsham January 30, 2018

David Knee (center), chairman of the American Conservative Union, and his supporters, destroy a Toshiba radio with sledgehammers on the Capitol Hill lawn, in Washington DC, on July 1, 1987. The US Senate had just voted to ban Toshiba from selling products in the US after it was accused of selling secret submarine technology to the Soviet Union. Photo: AFP / Renato Rotolo

Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Taiwan, World

A US trade war with China – tougher than the Japanese edition

by Grant Newsham January 25, 2018

Retired Admiral James Stavridis is escorted by Donald Trump's secretary, Madeleine Westerhout, as he arrives at Trump Tower in New York on December 8, 2016. Photo: AFP / Dominick Reuter

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, World

Climate change may well be an ‘enemy.’ But a military one?

by Grant Newsham January 16, 2018

A statue symbolizing former South Korean 'comfort women' is seen during an anti-Japan rally in Seoul, on March 1, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Kim Hong-Ji

AT Finance, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Comfort women issue undermines security relationships

by Grant Newsham January 9, 2018

Filipino fishermen pass by a large Chinese vessel at the disputed Scarborough Shoal. Photo: Reuters/Erik De Castro

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan, World

US security outlook more like 1930s than Cold War era

by Grant Newsham January 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

US military accidents on Okinawa open old wounds

by Grant Newsham December 22, 2017

Vessels from the China Maritime Surveillance and the Japan Coast Guard are seen near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Photo: Reuters / Kyodo

Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Taiwan, World

Time to create task force for Japan’s Southern Islands – or lose them

by Grant Newsham December 13, 2017December 13, 2017

More than 40 ships and submarines representing 15 nations in formation during the RIMPAC 2014 exercise in this US Navy photo taken July 25, 2014. REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shannon E. Renfroe/Handout

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

US should disinvite China to RIMPAC naval exercises

by Grant Newsham December 5, 2017February 18, 2020

A US Air Force F-22 Raptor jet takes off at Kadena USAF Base on the Japanese island of Okinawa on June 15, 2009. Reuters / Yuriko Nakao

Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, World

US Marines on Okinawa: Missing a ‘cushion’

by Grant Newsham November 29, 2017

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Middle East, Singapore, South Asia, World

Coup in Zimbabwe: A win-win for China – for now

by Grant Newsham November 20, 2017February 18, 2020

Photo: AFP / Fred Dufour

AT Finance, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Vietnam, World

Trump is partly right on unfair trade

by Grant Newsham November 13, 2017November 13, 2017

Philippine fishermen steer a dinghy during sunset in the disputed Scarborough Shoal. Photo: Reuters / Erik De Castro

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Egypt, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, World

Asia’s troubles: Trump’s inheritance, not his doing

by Grant Newsham November 6, 2017

US President Donald Trump gets on a plane. Photo: Reuters / Yuri Gripas

AT Finance, China, Egypt, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, World

Trump’s trip to Asia: What happens afterwards matters more

by Grant Newsham October 29, 2017February 18, 2020

As the only country ever to be attacked by atomic weapons – first in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 – Japan may be reluctant to become a nuclear-weapons power itself. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Vietnam, World

Is Japan’s nuclear weapon allergy psychosomatic?

by Grant Newsham October 23, 2017October 23, 2017

A visitor watches a video of President Xi Jinping talking at an exhibition in Beijing about China's military achievements, on October 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Jason Lee

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Myanmar, South Asia, Taiwan, World

China’s communist party congress stirs echoes of South Africa

by Grant Newsham October 16, 2017

A group of disputed islands, Uotsuri island (top), Minamikojima (bottom) and Kitakojima, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China is seen in the East China Sea. Photo: Reuters, Kyodo/File Photo

Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Defending Japan’s southern islands from Chinese osmosis

by Grant Newsham October 13, 2017

Japan and the US, an unbreakable alliance? Reuters/Toru Hanai

Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

The Japan-US relationship: How strong is the glue?

by Grant Newsham October 6, 2017February 18, 2020

Donald Trump is hedging his bets on North Korea. Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque

China, Japan, Mexico, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Real estate guy from Queens gets US North Korea policy right

by Grant Newsham September 25, 2017

Has China's Xi Jinping been bullying South Korea's President Moon Jae-in?

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Korea, World

Time for US to push back on China’s economic bullying of allies

by Grant Newsham September 20, 2017February 18, 2020

North Korea's Kim Jong-un. Photo: Kyodo/Reuters

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, European Union, Iran, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea, Syria, World

Don’t forget Kim regime’s brutalization of North Korean people

by Grant Newsham September 12, 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in a combination photo with US President Donald Trump. Photos: KCNA via Reuters

Beijing, China, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

North Korea: Doesn’t Kim Jong Un understand ‘suicidal’?

by Grant Newsham September 2, 2017

The US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS John S McCain after a collision, in Singapore waters on August 21, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Ahmad Masood

AT Finance, China, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, World

USS John S. McCain collision: More than an accident

by Grant Newsham August 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Members of Japan's Self-Defence Forces' airborne troops stand at attention during the annual SDF ceremony at Asaka Base. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

China, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Conflict in Korea? Hard for Japan to sit it out

by Grant Newsham August 22, 2017February 18, 2020

Members of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Forces' infantry unit stand to attention. Photo: Reuters/Kim Kyung-hoon

China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

Japan’s 2017 defense White Paper is 2016 all over again

by Grant Newsham August 15, 2017February 18, 2020

An Osprey aircraft lands on flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard operating in the South China Sea. Photo: Reuters

Australia, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, World

US-Japan security: more sympathy and fewer complaints, please

by Grant Newsham August 7, 2017August 7, 2017

Japan's Defence Minister Tomomi Inada announces her resignation during a news conference at the Defence Ministry in Tokyo, Japan July 28, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Kim Kyung-Hoon

Australia, China, Germany, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, World

Japan’s security: bigger problems than a defense minister

by Grant Newsham August 1, 2017February 18, 2020

China, France, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Living with North Korean nukes and ICBMs. No other choice?

by Grant Newsham July 17, 2017

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