Tag: Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)

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And What Are These Two Doing With Each Other?

To be sure, Russia and Japan are not natural security partners. In the twentieth century, they fought two wars against each other, first in 1904­­–05, and again in 1945. Japan seized territory from Russia in the first; Russia seized territory from Japan in the second. In the following decades, the two countries largely kept their […]

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The Risks Of A Clash Between China And Japan Are Rising—And The Consequences Could Be Calamitous

CHINA and Japan are sliding towards war. In the waters and skies around disputed islands, China is escalating actions designed to challenge decades of Japanese control. It is accompanying its campaign with increasingly blood-curdling rhetoric. Japan, says the ChinaDaily, is the “real danger and threat to the world”. A military clash, says Global Times, is now “more […]

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