The joyless faces and grim accounts of the meeting are not very encouraging. Fortunately,...

Duncan Bartlett
Duncan Bartlett is no longer a contributor to JAPAN Forward. He formerly worked in Tokyo for the BBC.
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President Joe Biden and Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga confirmed the ‘iron clad’ U.S.-Japan...
Germany is stepping up engagement in the Indo-Pacific in response to Chinese assertiveness.
Sex scandals and corruption allegations have led to a shift from left to right...
The United States publicly rebuked each other during a high level meeting in Alaska....
U.S. Secretaries of State and Defense have chosen Tokyo as the first destination on...
China’s leaders have raised the defense budget in a bid to create a “world...
If screaming fans are waiting to greet you on your first visit to Japan,...
Japan's main benchmark share index has reached its highest level in more than three...
Xi insisted that China is “a staunch follower of an independent foreign policy of...