Author: Gabriel Dominguez
Gabriel Dominguez
has 67.5% among authors.
BS Score: 4.3%.
Articles analyzed: 20.
Words analyzed: 11,683.
Analyzed articles
The Japan Times
- By Gabriel Dominguez
- 7/1/2026, 5:28 AM
Biased Writer Voice 100% - Unattributed Quote 65.6% - Confirmation Bias 38.8%
After months of uncertainty over funding and concerns about delays, Japan’s joint next-generation fighter program with Britain and Italy appears poised to move into its next development phase, with London committing £8.6 billion ($11.7 billion) to the multinational project over the next four years. The funding, formally set out Tuesday... more
The Japan Times
- By Gabriel Dominguez
- 6/30/2026, 4:10 AM
Biased Writer Voice 36.8% - Fundamental Attribution Error 31.6% - In-Group Bias 31.6%
At first glance, Japan and the Philippines’ decision to begin negotiations on a maritime boundary appears to be a routine exercise in international law. But China’s unusually forceful response signals that the talks are about far more than drawing a line at sea. Beijing argues the talks infringe on maritime rights it claims through... more
The Japan Times
- By Gabriel Dominguez
- 6/29/2026, 5:42 AM
Recency Bias 83.6% - Hasty Generalization 79.9% - Confirmation Bias 62.7%
The strategic competition between the United States and China is increasingly being decided as much by industrial capacity as by military power — and Japan is emerging as the focal point of allied efforts to build the manufacturing base needed to sustain deterrence in the Indo-Pacific. The signs have accumulated rapidly. Over the span of... more
The Japan Times
- By Gabriel Dominguez
- 6/24/2026, 5:02 AM
Negativity Bias 26.3% - Confirmation Bias 15.9% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 15.9%
China’s tightening export controls on dual-use materials and strategically important rare earths are beginning to disrupt Japanese industry — including the defense sector. Chinese customs data tell the sharpest part of the story. Exports of dysprosium oxide to Japan ceased after October 2025, and shipments of terbium oxide ended a month... more
The Japan Times
- By Gabriel Dominguez
- 6/16/2026, 11:42 PM
Recency Bias 21.6% - Framing Effect 17.9% - Optimism Bias 16.3%
Japan is moving with unusual speed to deepen defense-industrial partnerships across the Indo-Pacific following the landmark easing of its military export restrictions, with Indonesia emerging as one of the clearest beneficiaries of Tokyo’s new approach. In the eight weeks since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government revised Japan’s... more
The Japan Times
- By Gabriel Dominguez
- 6/9/2026, 3:00 AM
Framing Effect 62.4% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 54.4% - Overconfidence Bias 53.6%
South Korea insists its newly announced plan to build nuclear-powered submarines by the mid-2030s is aimed squarely at countering North Korea. But while Pyongyang may be the immediate justification, the decision carries implications far beyond the Korean Peninsula, with one country likely to be watching particularly closely: China. In... more
The Japan Times
- By Gabriel Dominguez
- 5/31/2026, 2:05 AM
Framing Effect 63.5% - Biased Writer Voice 63.5% - Confirmation Bias 57.1%
SINGAPORE – Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has delivered a sharp rebuttal of Chinese accusations that Japan is sliding back toward “militarism,” using a speech to instead spotlight Beijing and its own military buildup. Speaking before an audience of defense officials and analysts at the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore on Sunday, the... more
The Japan Times
- By Gabriel Dominguez
- 5/30/2026, 3:40 AM
Overconfidence Bias 68.9% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 68.9% - Framing Effect 40.2%
Singapore – The first-ever trilateral meeting between the defense chiefs of Japan, Australia and New Zealand signals far more than the emergence of a new regional security format. The talks over the weekend mark a deliberate shift toward defense-industrial integration as a driver of regional cooperation, with the potential three-way... more
The Japan Times
- By Gabriel Dominguez, Jesse Johnson
- 5/30/2026, 1:06 AM
Ambiguity (Equivocation) 73.3% - Framing Effect 47.5% - Negativity Bias 43.3%
Singapore/Tokyo – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a veiled warning to Tokyo on Saturday, saying that while Japanese defense spending was “headed in the right direction,” more must be done. “We’re not at the finish line yet, and there’s still some heavy lifting ahead, but the momentum is headed in the right direction,”... more
The Japan Times
- By Gabriel Dominguez, Jesse Johnson
- 5/28/2026, 10:38 AM
Appeal to Authority 58.3% - Unattributed Quote 58.3% - Biased Writer Voice 58.3%
Japan and the Philippines on Thursday agreed to elevate ties to a level Japanese officials have characterized as “just short of a formal alliance,” during a historic visit to Tokyo by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The penultimate day of the Philippine leader’s four-day state visit to Japan — which included a rare address... more