By Ayumu Oyama, Shiso-Undo, April On February 28, the U.S. and Israel launched a large-scale attack on Iran, killing numerous members of the regime’s leadership—including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei—and senior officials of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The casualties included civilians; in Minab in the south, more than 175 elementary school students were killed in the bombing. The scale of ...

By Mehmet Enes Beşer The U.S.–Japan relationship has been framed for decades as the keystone of stability in East Asia, a union of American military clout and Japanese economic clout. For years, this two-nation coalition has operated on an unofficial arrangement: Japan would allow American bases on its territory and have its foreign policy harmonized with Washington, and the U.S. ...