Japan’s new Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB) stood up on March 27, with a ceremony taking place April 7 to formally activate them. This is...
A Japanese special effects makeup artist has caused a revolution in Hollywood. He is Kazuhiro Tsuji, 48, the artist from Kyoto who was awarded the...
Cryptocurrency is often criticized as camouflage for terrorist funding or a financial bubble waiting to burst. But these criticisms mask its true nature, which is...
(Conclusion) Part 1: Director Keiko Yagi: Why I Had to Make ‘Behind THE COVE’ Amid the Anti-Whaling Uproar Part 2: ‘Behind THE COVE’: A Visual Take...
The Defense Ministry plans to expand the scope of the capacity-building assistance by Japan’s Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) to other nations’ militaries, to include South Asia,...
(First of Three Parts) “The award for Best Director goes to Keiko Yagi for Behind THE COVE!” I was immersed in applause and...
Cherry blossom viewing season—better known as hanami—has peaked in Tokyo and throughout much of Japan. Among all of the beautiful cherry blossoms, it is...
(Conclusion) Part 1: Strengthening the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue: Lessons from NATO This two-part series on the renewed Indo-Pacific Quadrilateral Security dialogue among...
The coming historic meeting between United States President Donald Trump and North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un provides an extraordinary opportunity to reduce tensions in...
“They are Chinese scum!” The comment came from Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the end of a nearly two-hour press conference on...
The hubbub over school operators Moritomo Gakuen and Kake Educational Institution seems to be boiling down to nothing more than a witch hunt. The disputants...
The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan is reportedly set to submit a bill to the Diet, proposing a Zero Nuclear Basic Law. The...