Tokyo is reportedly considering the deployment of long-range missiles on Kyushu, the southwesternmost of Japan’s main islands, by early 2026. Because the island faces the East China Sea to the west and the Korean Peninsula to the northwest, missiles there would give Japan enhanced counterstrike capability against China and North Korea. In one sense, the […]
Japan’s Slow-Moving Security Independence From the US
Autonomy isn’t impossible, but the U.S. isn’t leaving the region anytime soon.
