Category: Thomas Berger
It’s Time To End Japan’s Defense Dependence On The United States
Forbes
Thomas Berger, College of Arts & Sciences
America’s war in Afghanistan is winding down, but the U.S. must worry about conflict elsewhere…
Japan courts Myanmar as China watches
Global Times
Thomas Berger, College of Arts & Sciences
During his first overseas trip to Southeast Asia, newly inaugurated Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stressed once more Japan’s interest in cooperation with Myanmar on Thursday, a couple of weeks after Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso’s visit to the country…
As Dispute Over Islands Escalates, Japan and China Send Fighter Jets to the Scene
New York Times
Thomas Berger, College of Arts & Sciences
The action in the skies over the East China Sea started simply enough…
Abe’s Defense Spending Goals Hampered by Japan’s Debt
Bloomberg
Thomas Berger, College of Arts & Sciences
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plan to raise defense spending in response to China’s increasingly aggressive claims to disputed islands is running into budgetary restrictions…
Why Japan Is Still Not Sorry Enough
Time
Thomas Berger, College of Arts & Sciences
Keen observers know that Japan’s ugly territorial disputes with its neighbors aren’t really about fishing grounds or oil and gas reserves or ancient historical claims…
Japan and China hostages to public opinion over dispute
Arab News
Thomas Berger, College of Arts & Sciences
Tokyo and Beijing are hostages to Chinese public opinion in a spat over disputed islands that shows no sign of ending, analysts say, warning the longer it goes on, the higher the chances of the situation escalating out of control…
Japan’s Retailers Reopen China Stores as Demonstrations Ease
Bloomberg
Thomas Berger, College of Arts & Sciences
Japanese retailers today reopened stores in China that were closed amid violent protests over a territorial dispute, as demonstrations eased and Moody’s Investors Service said the short-term fallout from the disruption would be minimal…
Tokyo-Beijing Island Spat Puts Washington in Bind
Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
Thomas Berger, College of Arts & Sciences
U.S. defense officials argue it is unlikely the American military will be dragged into a fight in the East China Sea between China and Japan, and the crisis will be resolved diplomatically…
Japanese Group Heads to Disputed Islands After Chinese Arrested
Bloomberg
Thomas Berger, College of Arts & Sciences
Japanese lawmakers are among a group of people who tomorrow will travel around islands also claimed by China, days after a group from Hong Kong was arrested for landing and planting a Chinese flag on one of them…
China Calls on Japan to Release Arrested Island Activists
Bloomberg
Thomas Berger, College of Arts & Sciences
China called on Japan to release Hong Kong activists who landed on an island claimed by both countries, amid reports they may be deported…
