For J. Berkshire Miller's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
The Argument is a feature dedicated to promoting dialogue and deeper understanding of contentious issues by introducing various viewpoints. Last month, the Diet passed legislation that amended the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Law. The revisions are essentially aimed at ensuring that Japan's foreign ...
The region is facing a host of shared challenges from maritime piracy and crime to heated territorial disputes.
After Sunday's election, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party — along with its coalition partner Komeito — remains firmly in the saddle with a strong majority in both the Upper and Lower Houses of the Diet. While the results of the poll were not surprising, they ...
Last month, on the eve of the G20 summit in Osaka, reports emerged that U.S. President Donald Trump was openly mulling a withdrawal from the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty as a result of an "unfair" sharing of alliance burdens. The reality is that there has been ...
This weekend, Singapore will once again host — under the stewardship of the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), the Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD). The SLD is Asia's key venue to convene senior government officials, active military brass, scholars and other professionals to discuss Asian security ...
Since last year's surprising election of Donald Trump, Beijing has looked to up the stakes and increase its leverage in the disputed South China Sea. This past December, China seized a U.S. Navy unmanned underwater vehicle near the Philippines. The seizure was made outside ...
Relations between Japan and Taiwan have the potential to reach new heights since the election of Tsai Ying-wen as president earlier this year.
