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In late September 2025, Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink made history when he suggested the US Space Force is going full “space control” mode. This is the 2025 equivalent of a Sputnik moment, and it ends decades of political correctness by the West. There is no more pretending that adversary weaponization of space […]
A Realist Shift in Western Military Space Posture was originally published on Global Security Review.
Decades of dominance leaves a mark: It shapes the beliefs and behaviors of a nation and its military. Extended periods of hegemony for a nation, like long-standing market dominance for a business, encourages blind spots for changing markets, technologi…
Rise in births to non-Japanese comes as politicians keep dodging the choice between economic decline and a more diverse populationThis week brought encouraging news for Japan’s long battle to defuse its demographic timebomb: in 2024, the number of babi…
More than 20,000 children were born to non-Japanese couples, accounting for more than 3% of all newbornsThe number of babies born to foreign parents reached a record high in Japan in 2024, underlining rapid demographic changes that have propelled migra…
Located in the Circum-Pacific volcanic belt or ‘Ring of Fire’, Japan is heavily exposed to natural disasters, including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, landslides, heatwaves and heavy snowfall.
Inland areas have neared 40C, while in northern China a cold air mass clashed with warmth to produce heavy rainWhile northern parts of China felt their first autumnal chill under persistent heavy rain this week, large areas farther south have continued…
Kubota Corporation, a leading Japanese manufacturer of agricultural machinery, has announced an investment of ₹2,000 crore in Haryana following Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini’s meeting with senior executives of Kubota at the company’s tractor plant in Osaka.The investment will be made in partnership with Escorts, a key Indian agricultural and industrial equipment manufacturer, with the goal of
Markets rattled by resignation of French PM but country is not alone in trying to grapple with political mathsSébastien Lecornu’s abrupt resignation as the French prime minister on Monday after less than a month in the role marked the latest clash betw…
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Japan’s Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Hiromasa Nakano, jointly reviewed the progress of India’s first High-Speed Rail (HSR) project at Surat, underscoring the growing strength of India-Japan cooperation in infrastructure development.The visit took place on Friday, where Minister Nakano was warmly welcomed at Surat airport with a
Ms. Takaichi would be Japan’s first female prime minister in a country where women are drastically underrepresented at the highest levels of power.