TOKYO: Japan’s imports of crude oil from Arab countries rose to more than 98 percent of total imports in February with Saudi Arabia and the UAE providing 77.8 percent of the total, according to data from the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy of the Japanese...
Australia’s decision to go ahead with the purchase of nuclear-powered submarines from the United States and United Kingdom reflects a judgement that China, and more particularly Chinese naval power, represents a serious threat to Australian interests. A prominent reason for this...
Security, or lack thereof, can be a powerful motivator. In the case of the latter, the term fight or flight pretty much sums up the human impulse to act when forced into a tight corner and left vulnerable. Perhaps it is for those reasons that one of Japan’s corporate titans this...
The Philippines and Japan held their 5th Maritime Dialogue on Wednesday, March 29, in Tokyo where the top nations discussed “issues of mutual interests,” including the “vital waterways” of the disputed South China Sea. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the...
With the fervor of the greatest World Baseball Classic ever finally dying down, it has become more and more obvious how international of a sport baseball has become. The title of World Champion or even World Series becomes less and less factual every single year as the sport booms in...
