I first met Shinzo Abe when Japan’s bubble economy was at its zenith. Not yet a politician himself, he was deputizing for his father as...
Photo of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaving Keio University Hospital in Tokyo after treatment. On August 28, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe caught Japan’s political world...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed the will to resign on the afternoon of August 28, adding that a preexisting health condition had returned and his...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set a new record for the most consecutive days in office on August 24, breaking the previous record held by his...
The Japanese government is set to green-light robot delivery services using public roads, with the aim of starting operations in 2021. This was revealed...
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The international community now sits at the crossroads in the face of China’s heightening of tensions with the United States as it pursues hegemony in the...
The Pacific War officially came to a close on August 15, 1945, but even today the images and sound clips of the Showa Emperor announcing on...
The President of South Korea Moon Jae In made some striking promises during his big televised speech to mark Liberation Day on August 15. ...
After more than a decade of creeping up from a historical low of 1.26 in 2005, the Japanese fertility rate has once again started declining....
In 2019, the Japanese government announced that it would invite Chinese President Xi Jinping to Japan for an official state visit. It was a...
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to...