Japan

The newly-minted Japan-US-Korea alliance (JAKUS) fuels the rising danger of war in the Asia-Pacific as part of Washington’s relentless quest for a US-led unipolar world.

The function of confrontation is planted in the AUKUS and QUAD, changing the balance of forces and increasing regional and global tensions. 

Fijians have voiced their disapproval of Japan's intentions to dump nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the Pacific.

South Koreans marched to protest Japan's plans to dump radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean.

Militarist revanchism is being pursued with a vengeance under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, leading to fraught relations with Japan’s neighbors, along with increasing resistance from people at home.

United States would rather see the world end than lose its supremacy.

By Hu Xinjin, Published on Global Times, Feb 15, 2023: The US has taken a substantial step in encouraging Japan to rearm itself. Japanese Minister of Defense Yasukazu Hamada said on Tuesday that [...]

By Derek Ford, Published on The International, Jan 4, 2023: This article by Derek Ford, published following their talk on the situation of Koreans in Japan in the IMG webinar Socialist Education [...]

Published on Global Times, Jan 15, 2023: Japan is increasingly trying to justify its ongoing militarization under the pretext of the so-called external threats. Looking around the region, it is [...]

By Sara Flounders, Published on Workers World, Dec 28, 2022: Although the U.S. occupation force, after defeating Japan’s military in World War II, imposed a “pacifist” constitution on Japan, for [...]