Author: Jesse Johnson
Jesse Johnson
has 57.1% among authors.
BS Score: 3.4%.
Articles analyzed: 26.
Words analyzed: 18,660.
Analyzed articles
The Japan Times
- By Jesse Johnson
- 6/28/2026, 5:51 AM
Framing Effect 100% - Recency Bias 36.8% - Optimism Bias 32.8%
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi’s two-day visit to South Korea over the weekend for the first talks between the countries’ defense chiefs in 11 years was the latest sign of the neighbors’ vastly improved security ties. Koizumi and South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back’s talks in Seoul on Sunday saw the two agree to continue a push... more
The Japan Times
- By Jesse Johnson
- 6/27/2026, 11:17 PM
Negativity Bias 34.2% - Availability Heuristic 14.5% - Recency Bias 13.8%
China and Russia sent bombers and fighter jets for a “joint strategic air patrol” in airspace over the Sea of Japan, East China Sea and western Pacific on Saturday, according to the Defense Ministry in Beijing. The ministry said the long-range patrol, the 11th between the two air forces, demonstrated “their resolve and capability to... more
The Japan Times
- By Jesse Johnson
- 6/17/2026, 4:53 AM
Ambiguity (Equivocation) 24.1% - Pessimism Bias 22.8% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 17.5%
The United States military’s oldest and largest unified combatant command is getting a name change. Again. To its former name. Formerly known as the Indo-Pacific Command, the command has reverted to its prior name, the Pacific Command, or PACOM, the U.S. Defense Department said in a statement Tuesday. The once and current PACOM’s vast... more
The Japan Times
- By Jesse Johnson
- 6/8/2026, 12:06 PM
Framing Effect 49% - Availability Heuristic 35.4% - Halo Effect 35.4%
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to strengthen ties with North Korea, while avoiding any public mention of its neighbor’s growing nuclear program in a summit with leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on Monday. “I am willing to work with comrade General-Secretary (Kim Jong Un) to maintain close strategic communication, continuously... 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
The Japan Times
- By Jesse Johnson
- 5/26/2026, 8:24 AM
Framing Effect 60.2% - Optimism Bias 50% - Biased Writer Voice 33.1%
Top diplomats from the “Quad” sought to breathe fresh life into the four-nation grouping during talks in New Delhi on Tuesday amid concerns about the strength of the bloc. At the meeting — the third to bring together Japan’s Toshimitsu Motegi, Australia’s Penny Wong, India’s S. Jaishankar and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio — the... more
The Japan Times
- By Jesse Johnson
- 5/24/2026, 4:24 AM
Framing Effect 45.4% - Availability Heuristic 33.3% - Negativity Bias 33.3%
When Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. travels to Tokyo for four days from Tuesday, he will be greeted with the pomp of a state visit and given one of Japan’s highest awards. But beyond the ceremonies, Marcos and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi are expected to get down to business in talks focused on defense and energy issues amid... more
The Japan Times
- By Jesse Johnson
- 5/19/2026, 8:54 AM
Framing Effect 85.4% - Optimism Bias 41.5% - Appeal to Authority 41.5%
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung agreed to expand cooperation on crude oil and liquid natural gas (LNG) supplies — including on stockpiling and energy security — during her visit to his hometown of Andong on Tuesday. The move comes as concerns over energy supplies continue to rattle Asia amid the... more
The Japan Times
- By Jesse Johnson
- 5/17/2026, 8:14 AM
Biased Writer Voice 59.1% - Negativity Bias 55.2% - Unattributed Quote 44.8%
Donald Trump claims “nothing’s changed” on U.S. policy toward Taiwan. But the U.S. president’s stunning remarks about support for the democratic island — and what they portend following his high-profile summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping — belie a shifting reality on the ground. In an interview with Fox News on Friday, Trump... more