Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, March 22, 2026 A massive political tsunami swept across the Japanese islands as recent national elections scored a resounding electoral win for the incumbent political party and its maverick leader Sanae Takaichi. Though the outcome was assumed, her stunning triumph was not expected. The snap parliamentary elections reflected […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, February 9, 2026 Set amid the spectacular Alpine scenery and historic towns of northern Italy, the XXV Winter Olympics have opened in Milan/Cortina. The two week event hosting 90 teams and some 2,900 athletes are competing in sporting events from the traditional downhill skiing, snowboard, speed skating to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 8, 2026 Real World News Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s ruling coalition defied powerful Chinese Communist Party influence networks in Japan and secured a remarkable supermajority victory in parliamentary’s elections on Sunday, winning more than 75% of the seats in the lower house. Takaichi’s move to call a snap only three months […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 6, 2026 Real World News When you’re meeting with the head communist in charge, why not mark the occasion by snapping a selfie? That’s exactly what leftist South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung did in the presence of Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday. Lee was happy to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 8, 2025 Real World News Chinese fighter jets conducted drills near the Okinawa islands in Japan which included aiming their radar at Japanese military aircraft in two “dangerous” incidents, Japanese officials said. “These radar illuminations are a dangerous act that went beyond what is necessary for the safe flight of aircraft,” […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, December 5, 2025 Beijing has gone rhetorically ballistic over comments by Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could constitute “a situation threatening Japan’s survival” that thus could trigger a military response. Her statement poses uncharacteristically tough talk from Tokyo at a time […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 1, 2025 Real World News According to a new Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) study, weapons manufacturers are recording their highest revenue ever. But does a look inside the data reveal a pro-U.S. “peace through strength” ideology gaining momentum vs the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and D.C. establishment? The top […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 30, 2025 Real World News The Tokyo High Court on Friday ruled Japan’s ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional. The court concluded that the legislature retains broad discretion to define marriage, with Presiding Judge Yumi Toa affirming that provisions governing same-sex marriage ought to be thoroughly debated in the legislature. The […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, November 24, 2025 Real World News Paranoia in the leadership ranks of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) grows by the day over the new Japanese prime minister the CCP is unable to control. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, the protege of late PM Shinzo Abe, who China also could not get […]
FPI / November 21, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Psychosis: A severe mental condition in which thought and emotions are so affected that contact is lost with external reality. The reality for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is that its aggressive military and nuclear buildup, its increasing military coercion against Taiwan, the Philippines, Japan, the […]
