China warns Japan on remilitarization while operating the world's largest navy and fastest-growing nuclear arsenal. Japan's defense buildup is a rational response to Beijing's expansion. Prime Minister Takaichi is leading the most consequential shift in Japan's defense posture since 1947. Japan remilitarization is not the threat.
Japan imports 95% of its oil from the Middle East. South Korea imports 68%. Together they pump 3.3 million barrels per day through the Strait of Hormuz. For Tokyo and Seoul, a Hormuz closure is more immediately devastating than a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Here is why Japan South Korea energy security depends on one narrow strait.
A Japanese politician, Kimi Onoda, just said what every Western leader is afraid to say — follow our laws or leave. No apologies. No DEI committees. No sensitivity training. Just sovereignty. America needs more of this energy. The double standard…
