The Japanese military is emerging from decades of pacifism. But do the country's political leaders have the vision and the will to make the country strong again?

Japanese like to think their aesthetic sensibility is shaped in no small part by the cherry blossom: its vibrant beauty, celebrated in art and literature for centuries, is all too quickly blown away by the wind and rain. People ...

Whether the Obama administration is willing to give all assistance to Tokyo or Seoul in shooting down this missile might turn out to be the crucial element.

Blowing up North Korea's missile would help achieve a durable peace.

Obama's administration is finally taking a tougher stance on Beijing after years wasted trying for cooperation.

AEI's Director of Japan Studies Michael Auslin is available to comment on Japan's disaster.

War on the Korean peninsula is not a distant possibility. But American forces are not properly postured to fight in a renewed Korean War, and that makes such a conflict more likely to occur and less likely to end quickly.

If experience is anything to go by, the Marines who misbehaved in that video will be disciplined and punished—while those who are trying to exploit those images to undermine their mission never will be.