Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many of the Pacific Islands in hard-fought naval and amphibious battles before ending the war ...

Asian geopolitics is often described in terms of two giants: America, the incumbent superpower, and China, a rising one, standing astride the region and competing to pull smaller countries to their ...

The 1st Airborne Wing, Japan’s only parachute umbrella unit, conducts an exercise at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Narishino Exercise Area, Jan. 11, 2026. Credit: Japanese Ministry of Defense ...

This report is part of Strategic Japan, a CSIS Japan Chair initiative featuring analysis by Japan’s leading foreign policy scholars on key regional and global challenges and the implications for the U ...