Kishida should make his plan clear to the public: Part-time employees can exceed work hours and still be exempt from paying social insurance premiums.
Japan begins increasing individual contributions to the cost of COVID-19 treatment. Is 10% enough? The search is on for a fair balance.
Albanian PM Edi Rama put Ukraine in perspective at the UN, telling the Russian foreign minister "You stop the war and President Zelenskyy won't take the...
Denny Tamaki castigates Japan and the US military before the UN Human Rights Council. That's not the action of a governor who wants to protect his...
While the NTT Law is outdated, there are concerns that abolishing the government's shareholding provision under it could lead to a takeover by foreign capital.
Putin wants ammunition out of the Russia-North Korea summit; North Korea wants access to satellite and submarine technology — in violation of UN sanctions.
Japan can help its fishing industry become a powerhouse again by boosting domestic consumption and developing new sales channels overseas other than China.
Amid the increasing threat of despotic regimes, the new Kishida Cabinet must prioritize constitutional reform to establish defense as a core state function.
Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki is duty-bound to drop his opposition to the transfer of the US military bases from Futenma to Henoko.
The G20 declaration in India neither condemns Russia nor demands the withdrawal of its troops. Ukraine has understandably called it "nothing to be proud of."
Like China, some opposition lawmakers in Japan use falsehoods to criticize the treated water release, increasing reputational damages to Japanese fishermen.
From the discredited nine-dash line, China's new map includes a new 10-dash line claiming nearly all of the South China Sea, trampling on international law.