ID1974 / Shutterstock.com   Key points in this article: President Putin proposed a peace treaty with Japan this year How deep is the Russia-China honeymoon relationship? Agreeing to the peace tre...

(Photo: EQRoy / Shutterstock.com)   The South China Sea is China’s geopolitical axis. China analyst Masaru Soma reports behind the scenes of China’s leaders. By looking into power bal...

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  Johann Knox / Shutterstock.com   Hataru Nomura Journalist Born in 1963, Nomura graduated from Rikkyo University in Tokyo. After serving as editor-in-chief for a magazine aimed at a global ...

  Interview   Economic Analyst Tetsuya Watanabe Born in 1969, he graduated from the Nihon University before working at a trading company and eventually becoming a freelance analyst. He has n...

In May, Trump made clear his goal for resolving the unilateral trade situation with China: to cut the U.S. trade deficit against China by $200 billion by 2020. This stance has been criticized in the m...

(Pete Niesen / Shutterstock.com) The largest concentration camp in history is about to be built in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in northwest China. Of the 23 million residents in the region, it ...

(Grand Bazaar in Tehran city, Iran. Uskarp / Shutterstock.com)   After having announced his withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order on 6th Aug...

cherry-hai / Shutterstock.com   In July, Xu Zhangrun, a professor at Tsinghua University, one of China’s most prestigious Universities, published an essay sharply criticizing the Xi Jinping...