Japan will welcome the Biden administration with relief in the wake of what was perceived as Trump’s bombast, threats, and unpredictability –...
Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games organizers announced that preparations for the global tournament are “continuing as planned”, stressing that they “never discussed”...
Former prime minister Abe Shinzo’s relationship with Donald Trump has been dissected in terms of its “wins” and “losses” but the only way...
After eight years in office – the longest tenure in Japanese history, Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has dominated national elections, commanded overwhelming...
When the Japanese government announced a subsidy program to encourage Japanese firms to shift production operations out of China, it might have...
The smartest thing Henry Kissinger wrote was that, in describing the Soviet Union and United States during the Cold War, “The superpowers...
It’s almost impossible for Japanese observers to follow a presidential election in the United States without feeling that they have a stake...
If the acronym “ISDS” sounds familiar, it probably strikes a negative connotation. Investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms are legal provisions in investment treaties...
While other nations are praised for controlling the virus, Japan's low COVID-19 death toll is often treated as a mystery at best,...
Japan's reliance on food imports and global trade means that the rising death toll from COVID19 is only the start of the...
Foreign policy is a low-priority issue for Japanese voters – and much of the foreign policy agenda of the country’s opposition parties...
The Tokyo Global Dialogue raised tough questions about the future of the liberal order and how it should respond to both populism...