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China/International Politics

China’s challenge to change the effective control over the Senkaku Islands

Posted on June 17, 2020 by kumiko-ahr

While the whole world is busy dealing with the spread of the corona virus from China, Chinese coastg... Read More

Society/True Info Japan

Japan’s Measures against the new Corona Virus

Posted on February 21, 2020 by kumiko-ahr

The Japanese government has not yet banned entry from China. There is an opinion that it is pointles... Read More

Asia/International Politics

Energy Policy and the Importance of the Strait of Hormuz to Asia

Posted on November 30, 2019 by kumiko-ahr

The sea lanes of Malacca and Hormuz are vital for energy-poor countries dependent on oil from the Mi... Read More

East Asia/International Politics

Taiwan and Okinawa: Potential Danger Zones

Posted on November 30, 2019 by kumiko-ahr

As tensions continue to rise in the Southeast and East Asia region, china’s presence as a prot... Read More

History/True Info Japan

Were Koreans really forced to work by Japan during Wartimes?

Posted on November 22, 2019 by kumiko-ahr

At the end of October 2018, the Korean Supreme Court ordered a Japanese firm to pay compensation to ... Read More

International Politics/Japan

Japan: The People and “its” Military – an ambivalent Relationship

Posted on November 10, 2019 by kumiko-ahr

If the military is not shown trust or respect by its own people, how shall professional pride develo... Read More

Foreign affairs/True Info Japan

Japan’s “trade dispute” with South Korea and history

Posted on October 25, 2019 by kumiko-ahr

The current trade dispute between Japan and South Korea is reported in the context of the history of... Read More

China/International Politics

China – International Ambition and domestic Reality

Posted on March 30, 2019 by kumiko-ahr

China’s statements to Taiwan are leading interest from tense domestic politics to foreign poli... Read More

East Asia/International Politics

A New Power Balance in East Asia after the INF Termination?

Posted on February 14, 2019 by kumiko-ahr

The Termination of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) has been seen a wake-up call f... Read More

East Asia/International Politics

America’s new Focus on Taiwan

Posted on September 20, 2018 by kumiko-ahr

Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen made stopovers in America during her trip to Paraguay and Belize in ... Read More

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Kumiko Ahr
Kumiko Ahr

Ph.D in Political Science
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