A reporter for the Sankei Shimbun was denied entry to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s press conference held at the close of the National People’s Congress—the only...
Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, convened a press conference following the close of the National People’s Congress held...
As regional conflicts continue to escalate in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and East Asia, investments in military and security budgets around the world are growing....
Defense Minister Tomomi Inada visited Yasukuni Shrine on December 29, 2016, and later answered questions from a group of reporters. A transcript of the discussion is...
At their recent summit meeting in the United States, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. president Donald J. Trump reaffirmed that the Japan-U.S. alliance is unshakeable....
An unforeseen proxy war is escalating over world-famous author Haruki Murakami’s first new full-length novel in four years, Killing Commendatore (Kishidancho Goroshi). In the book, one...
March 2017 marks twenty years since the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea formed a group to represent their concerns. On the eve of...
At the very moment I sat down to write this, right when I put my fingers on the keyboard to begin to type, my body tensed...
Six years have passed since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake but earthquakes triggered by movements in the Earth’s crust are still occurring in the Tohoku...
The Sankei Shimbun has learned that earlier this week, a Maritime Self-Defense Force fleet and an American carrier strike force led by the nuclear-powered carrier USS...
The following was originally published as part of the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals's "Speaking Out" series. It is republished with their permission. The fifth...
King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud, the leader of the royal household of Saudi Arabia, will arrive for a four-day visit to Japan on March 12....