An interview with former Japanese diplomat Hideo Tarumi has given insights into Tokoyo’s diplomacy with Beijing. Mr. Tarumi—Japan’s ambassador to China from November 2020 to December 2023—spoke with Japanese media, Sankei Shimbun, on Feb. 18. He told the Former Japanese Ambassador Gives accounts of Japan-China Diplomatic Tensions
An interview with former Japanese diplomat Hideo Tarumi has given insights into Tokoyo’s diplomacy with Beijing. Mr. Tarumi—Japan’s ambassador to China from November 2020 to December 2023—spoke with Japanese media, Sankei Shimbun, on Feb. 18. He told the 
With typical rhetorical flourish, former Australian Labor Prime Minister Paul Keating has taken issue with the foreign minister, Senator Penny Wong, over her comments to ASEAN in the wake of the “A-team” spying revelations. According to the country’s
With ASEAN underway in Melbourne today, the Australian government—this year’s hosts—is determined to keep the focus on trade and economic development, and not on Beijing’s growing influence in the region. That’s despite revelations last week that a
A new bill aims to get communist China’s hands off American emergency oil. That’s as the U.S. reserve stockpile hits a 40-year low. Meanwhile, explosive growth of cross-border e-commerce has caught the attention of U.S. lawmakers, shining a spotlight on a