Taiwan’s president has urged Japan to help protect the island from what she calls “tremendous pressure” from mainland China. President Tsai Ing-wen...
How is the situation between Taiwan and China regarded in other parts of Asia and around the world? Here are the views of journalists from...
By Duncan Bartlett Donald Trump has said he is preparing to hold a second summit with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un in...
By Duncan Bartlett for Japan Forward Donald Trump’s noisy and confrontational approach towards politics provokes condemnation in much of the international media. ...
Duncan Bartlett In the classic British children’s story Alice Through The Looking Glass, the Red Queen tells Alice, “Sometimes I believe as many...
The Japanese media’s incessant focus on the links between civil servants and Shinzo Abe takes away attention from far more important issues facing the Prime Minister....
China’s leaders sent two clear messages from this month’s National People’s Congress in Beijing. The first was that President Xi Jinping is centralizing power based on...
Toyota has pledged to increase its investment in the United Kingdom, despite concerns among Japanese businesses about the implications of Brexit. The announcement follows a meeting...
If the organizers of the Winter Olympic Games awarded medals for cheerleading or propaganda, North Korea would have walked away with double gold. The champion attention-grabbers...
When presidents speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos, they hope to receive loud and prolonged applause from the rich and powerful delegates in the...
Britain is offering unprecedented levels of military support to Japan in the wake of the growing threat from North Korea and tensions with China. The...
Japan is finally enjoying some flattering press. After years of negative stories about its economy in the international media, the news is good. “Japan’s Economy is...