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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks before a joint meeting of Congress, Wednesday, April 29, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Vice President Joe Biden, left, and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listen. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Japan-Korea tension laid bare

By L. Todd Wood

U.S. Department of Defense

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: U.S. contribution to World War II won the war

By Victor Davis Hanson

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks before a joint meeting of Congress, Wednesday, April 29, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Vice President Joe Biden, left, and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listen. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

FRANK GAFFNEY: Abe speech to Congress marks new U.S.-Japan era

By Fred Fleitz

From left, Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, Secretary of State John Kerry, and Defense Secretary of Defense Ash Carter pose for a picture during a news conference in New York, Monday, April 27, 2015. The US and Japan are boosting their defense relationship, allowing Japan to play a bigger role in global military operations with an eye on potential threats from China and North Korea. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Ashton Carter meets with Gen Nakatani over U.S.-Japan cooperation guidelines

By Maria Stainer - The Washington Times

Yong Soo Lee of South Korea is one of dozens of surviving "comfort women" from Korea and other Asian countries who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese. (Associated Press)

Yong Soo Lee, Japan World War II ‘comfort woman,’ demands Shinzo Abe apology

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks about recent unrest in Baltimore during his joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama denies trying to subvert China’s new bank

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe listens as President Barack Obama speaks during their joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama, Abe push for completion of free-trade deal among Pacific rim nations

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama listens to Japan's national anthem with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a state arrival ceremony, Tuesday, April 28, 2015, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama welcomes Japanese prime minister to White House

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Roosevelt and Stalin: Portrait of a Partnership’

By Joseph C. Goulden

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a luncheon with Secretary of State John Kerry and Vice President Joe Biden, Tuesday, April 28, 2015,at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

YUKI OIKAWA: An Asian pivot toward America

By Yuki Oikawa

Yong Soo Lee, of South Korea is seen of the West Lawn of the Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Yong Soo Lee is one of dozens of surviving comfort women from Korea other Asian countries that were forced into sexual servitude by Japanese troops. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

EDITORIAL: Justice for Japan’s ‘comfort women’ of World War II

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at the John F. Kennedy School of Government forum in Cambridge, Mass., Monday, April 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

New guidelines allow Japan to defend allies, be more involved in humanitarian missions

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visit the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, Monday, April 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

EDITORIAL: Shinzo Abe seeks powerful new role in world

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Secretary of State John Kerry, left, greets Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in front of Kerry's residence in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston, Sunday, April 26, 2015. Abe arrived in the U.S. Sunday for a weeklong visit. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Obama, Shinzo Abe to talk trade, defense during visit to U.S.

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 18, 2015, before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on President Obama's use of military force proposal against IS and the Defense Department's budget. (AP Photo/Molly Riley) **FILE**

U.S., Japan to announce expanded security pact

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen attends a Board of Governors meeting at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. The meeting is to discuss a final rulemaking to implement a quantitative liquidity requirement in the United States as well as a proposed rule on margin requirements for non-cleared swaps of prudentially regulated swap entities. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

PETER MORICI: Why the Fed may (almost) never raise interest rates

By Peter Morici

Illustration on the IMF's chronic misunderstanding the causes of economic growth by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

RICHARD RAHN: Low interest rates have failed to stimulate economic growth

By Richard W. Rahn

In this March 22, 2015 photo, Yoshiko Shimabukuro, a survivor of the Himeyuri Student Nurse Corps 70 years ago, points to a photo of the First Surgical Cave where she stationed in the battle of Okinawa during WWII at Himeyuri Peace Museum in Itoman on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa. Shimabukuro, head of the museum, who experienced the war’s darkest moments, it’s never been easy to reconcile the hatred of the past with the peace of the present. It took decades for Baker to open up about his experiences. Shimabukuro has spent her life teaching children the horrors of her personal battle and praying for the day when the 20,000 U.S. troops still based on her island will leave, once and for all. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Iwo Jima vet, Okinawa survivor wrestle with WWII legacy

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

Well-wishers wave Japanese flags to greet Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko during New Year's public appearance of the imperial couple at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 2. (Associated Press)

Japan issues tsunami warning after earthquake south of Okinawa

Associated Press

In this Thursday, April 9, 2015 photo, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks at the Atlantic Council in Washington. The IMF predicted Tuesday, April 14, that the American economy will grow 3.1 percent this year and next, a performance the fund characterized as "robust." But the U.S. outlook was down from the IMF's January forecast of 3.6 percent growth in 2015 and 3.3 percent growth in 2016. The American economy advanced 2.4 percent last year.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

IMF cuts growth forecast for U.S., sees pickup in Europe, Japan

By Chris White - The Washington Times