As North Korea’s missiles fly over Japan, the debate about Tokyo’s defense posture is heating up.

But revising Japan’s peace clause remains a divisive proposition.

Shinzo Abe is not letting the North Korean crisis go to waste.

In addition to sending its own ships, Tokyo will bolster the defenses of Southeast Asian countries.

Japanese citizens may be thinking about the use of force differently than they have in many years.

The U.S. has had some success in reducing cigarette use, alcohol consumption, and even fuel consumption by increasing taxes on the consumable. Let’s try it with guns.

The Japanese Parliament voted in favor of a historic measure to reauthorize overseas military activity on Friday.

Shinzo Abe’s apparent success in pushing through his controversial remilitarization plan tells us something about Japan’s readiness as a society to confront China’s growing power.

Abe’s military agenda is teetering on the brink of victory, even as the prime minister himself comes uncomfortably close to the brink of defeat.

Abe’s important but unpopular remilitarization bills have made it through the lower house of Japan’s parliament. The next and last step is the upper house, and things are looking good for the prime minister.