Why is Beijing rewriting the history of the Ryukyu Islands? During a December 19 interview on Taiwan Talks with Yin Khvat, Jamestown President Peter Mattis breaks down how China’s latest claims over Okinawa expose the gap between propaganda and history.

👇DIPLOMACY WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS See how ChineseEmbassyManila attacks me & SeaLight for our work on 🇨🇳#China's political influence ops in the 🇵🇭#Philippines. What it didn’t do--because it can't--was refute a single fact from our investigation.​​ Our reporting shows how

高市早苗首相高市早苗、衆院選での勝利を心よりお祝い申し上げます。自民党が多数の議席を獲得したことは、高市首相の指導力とビジョンに対する日本の有権者の信頼と期待を示すものです。これは政権への評価であると同時に、国の長期的発展への首相の取り組みに対する明確な支持でもあります。

日本で衆議院選挙が円滑に実施されたことをお喜び申し上げます。風雪がどれだけ強くとも、民主主義は前進し続けます。また、高市首相高市早苗の指導の下、自民党が大勝利を収められたこともお祝い申し上げます。台日関係が引き続き全面的に強化されるよう期待しています。 #台日友好 🇹🇼❤️🇯🇵

Congratulations to Prime Minister 高市早苗 of Japan on the victory of the Liberal Democratic Party in the elections to the House of Representatives. This is an important victory and an excellent result. Today, we all need strong leadership so that the world can return to

Congratulations 高市早苗 on your decisive victory in Japan’s general election. I’m looking forward to working with you to further elevate the strong partnership between Canada and Japan, to create more opportunities for both our peoples.

Great piece by my friend Jeffrey Ordaniel Let's be real: if Beijing wants to constrain someone's diplomatic space, it would do so on any possible pretext, transparency or not. In fact, rolling back on transparency might embolden it to be more aggressive. inquirer.net/467038/dfa-chi…

Welcome to American reporting on Taiwan and Japan, where leaders are constantly accused of being provocative. Contrast with Western reporting on the Baltics, who are always presented as plucky democracies and never as provocative.

Congratulations 高市早苗 on your win in Japan’s general election. Sweden and Japan are close friends and strategic partners, and I look forward to continuing working with you for the benefit of both our countries.

Jimmy Lai’s sentencing exposes the Hong Kong national security law for what it is—a tool of political persecution under China’s “one country, two systems” that tramples human rights & freedom of press. This abuse of judicial power must end. Taiwan calls for his immediate release.

Taiwan is determined to invest in peace. Building on a decade of progress—including a 14% salary raise for our troops & expanded military allowances 23 times across various categories—our proposed US$40B special defense budget further proves that resolve. Security cannot wait.

Koizumi is doing a good job as Defense Minister. Hopefully he continues to speak up for the JSDF and 'jieikan' and give them the respect they deserve from the Japanese public and Japan's 'ruling elites' -- who for too long belittled and humiliated JSDF patriots.

Earlier today, the Japanese and Philippine governments held a ceremony at Camp Aguinaldo to hand over five coastal surveillance radars under Japan's Official Security Assistance (OSA) program. The Radar project, agreed to in 2023, is worth approximately 600 million yen and

#YearOfTheHorse symbolizes strength, resilience, and success. Wish the #LunarNewYear brings you peace, prosperity, and happiness.

I don't see this as violating the Six Assurances. But the way Trump phrases "I'm talking with [Xi] about it" implies the issue is up for negotiation, which sends a concerning signal to Taiwan. This shouldn't surprise anyone who has followed Trump's foreign policy approach:

There's a debate on X about whether Trump's statement actually violates the Six Assurances to Taiwan. My view is that it does. Yes, the original 1982 assurances were declassified in Trump 1.0. The line in that declassified document was, the United States "has not agreed to

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🚨SUSPICIOUS MARITIME ACTIVITY ALERT Five hours ago (26 Feb/0130 local time) 🇨🇳#China's cable-laying ship Zhong Hai Ke 1 turned off its automatic identification system (AIS) broadcast, going "dark" just outside the 🇵🇭#Philippines' exclusive economic zone. [🧵1/5] Image:

🚨Are you ready for REAR ADMIRAL Jay Tarriela?🫡 For the past 2 months, the 🇨🇳@ChinaEmbManila has been embarked on an intense campaign to discredit 🇵🇭Philippine Coast Guard Commodore Jay Tarriela, the outspoken Spokesperson for the #WestPhilippineSea and ardent #transparency