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August 25, 2011

Japan
The Race to Replace Kan

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan bows to the national flag as he arrives for a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo April 1, 2011 (Issei Kato/Courtesy Reuters). The Democratic Party of…

Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan bows to the national flag as he arrives for a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo April 1, 2011.
Blog Post by Sheila A. Smith Asia Unbound

January 21, 2015

China
China, Japan, and the Twenty-One Demands

Compared with the high-profile national Memorial Day for the Nanjing Massacre last month, the date January 18 passed uneventfully. Chinese media appeared to have forgotten that one hundred years ago,…

Nanjing_Anniversary
Blog Post by Yanzhong Huang Asia Unbound

November 25, 2013

China
China Ups the Ante in East China Sea Dispute

Over the weekend, China announced a new Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) across the East China Sea. Already at odds over their maritime boundary in the East China Sea, as well as over their sov…

China announces new Air Defense Identification Zone across the East China Sea November 23, 2013 (Courtesy China's Ministry of National Defense).
Blog Post by Sheila A. Smith Asia Unbound

March 16, 2011

Japan
Emperor Urges Japanese to Hope as Acute Needs Grow

People watch a television broadcasting Japan's Emperor Akihito's televised address to the nation at an electronics retail store in Tokyo. (Issei Kato/Courtesy Reuters) [Click here for information …

People watch a television broadcasting Japan’s Emperor Akihito’s televised address to the nation at an electronics retail store in Tokyo.
Blog Post by Sheila A. Smith Asia Unbound

June 10, 2010

Japan
Kan’s Kiheitai-Japan’s Militia

Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Issei Kato On June 4, the national legislators of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) gathered to select Naoto Kan as their party’s new leader, and thus as Japan’s new Prim…

Kan’s Kiheitai-Japan’s Militia
Blog Post by Sheila A. Smith Asia Unbound