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Japan and Russia discussed the economic cooperation of the far east region in Moscow on 3rd of November. The contents are arranged into 8 categories, such as building infrastructure, promoting industry and energy policy, etc....

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The Chinese Defense Ministry request a record high 5.091 trillion yen budget ($42 billion) for the next fiscal year in an attempt to underscore Japan’s push to monitor and protect the islands nearest to China....

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The Foreign Minister of China, Japan and South Korea will meet in Seoul on Saturday at their first meeting for three years, the latest sign of a gradual thaw in East Asian relations.”Cooperation among the...

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The militant Islamic State group  issued a video online on Tuesday purporting to show two Japanese captives and demanding $200 million from the Japanese government to save their lives. The captives, 47-year-old Kenji Goto and...

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Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday dissolved the lower house of parliament, setting the stage for snap elections middle of next month. The dissolution of parliament was announced in the lower house by Speaker...

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Rich in resources and traversed by a quarter of global shipping, the South China Sea is the stage for several territorial disputes that threaten to escalate tensions in the region. At the heart of these...

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The Ukrainian crisis could influence the foreign policies of Asia-Pacific states in several ways. This analysis will try to explain in what way international relations between China, Japan, Russia and the United States could be...

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Starting with the beginning of this year China announced the expansion of its Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), in the South China Sea. Sources say that this plan was made before or in the same...

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In the context of the latest disputes in the East and South China Seas, an analysis on the Sino-American relations is highly relevant. More than this, an assement of the factors that influence the relationship...

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On December 17th, 2013, Japan approved the first National Security Strategy (NSS) in the country’s history. It is interesting to explore the possible reasons that may have determined the Japanese leadership to contemplate the necessity...

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