The Japanese government unveiled on May 26 its stimulus plan to boost the economy, particularly the tourism sector, once the COVID-19 outbreak is contained. Out...
A May 28 vote by the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s rubber stamp parliament, paves the way for a new security regime to be imposed...
Shogo Akiyama is experiencing an unusual pause in his first spring as a Major League Baseball player. MLB called off the remainder of...
The J. League first-division season will start again on July 4, it was announced on Friday. The pro soccer league’s 18-team top flight...
A new report from a major United States think tank warns that China has achieved clear naval superiority in many categories of combat capability...
No Pianos, Pets or Foreigners is a short 127-page easy-to-read book that provides the reader with a tapestry of engaging experiences of a foreigner living...
You might have heard the mantra, “We don’t have time to develop something new, let’s use medicines we already have.” Many academics in Japan...
What have you been doing in lockdown? So many kimono events have been cancelled this year. In more usual times, I would have been...
When the Japanese government first announced that Tokyo would be placed under a state of emergency, I felt that it wouldn’t be long before it...
It is nearly four months since the entire world was struck by the deadly Wuhan virus. No country, region, or continent has been able...
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus from Wuhan in late 2019 has thrown the world into a frenzy, and individuals, business, and governments have...
Starting in mid-April and leading into early May, a string of big names in public security in China have fallen from power, creating quite...