By The Sankei Shimbun On August 17, the final “big class” competition for the 11th All-Japan High School Super Cup Dance-Off...
(Conclusion) Part 1: Who Benefitted from the Trump-Kim Summit? Xi Jinping and China China has sought for a very long time...
(First of Two Parts) By Larry M. Wortzel China’s policy and academic community could be divided into three general camps on...
By The Sankei Shimbun On July 24, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the creation of new foreign worker recruitment policy for Japan, set...
By Kumiko Takeuchi Lower house member Mio Sugita’s recent claim that LGBT couples are “unproductive” has given rise to considerable controversy. LGBT...
By Takao Harakawa Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has declared his intention to introduce a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)-drafted bill for revising Japan's...
How much do we know about our neighbors? A new series on JAPAN Forward—Neighbors—introduces leaders from the region and how their work, policies, and interests...
By Jason Morgan The British have a term for it: “the silly season.” In the summertime, news tends to slow down, and so...
By the Sankei Shimbun The whereabouts of Ryugu Castle is one of the well-entrenched mysteries of Japanese mythology. The castle is...
By Hideo Tamura The United States-China trade war holds something in common with the American film Jurassic Park. The United States, which...
By Yoko Mada July 13, 2018, marked the first anniversary of the death in a Chinese prison of democracy activist and Nobel...
By Akio Yaita Two Japanese citizens were arrested in China for alleged espionage in 2015. In July 2018, courts in China’s Liaoning...