After 75 years, Japan should be mature enough as a democracy to have its citizens determine what they want their future to look like.
From pandemic management to relations with its neighbors, Japan faces persistent challenges from the mistakes and unfinished business of the postwar Allied occupation.
There has never been a time when Japan’s neighbors and allies are looking for more positive Japanese leadership. So how do the candidates measure up as...
The winner in the election for Liberal Democratic Party will also lead the nation. Here’s how they would continue or change Japan.
Xi Jinping glorifies the Chinese Communist Party’s 100 years of existence, leaving out the fact that China owes its wealth now to the U.S. through Nixon,...
Would Japan be in a different place with China and South Korea had the Tokyo Trial addressed the responsibility of those with the authority to have...
The Tokyo Trial challenges everything about how justice is supposed to be rendered under the rule of law. These flaws contributed heavily to the numerous lingering...
In the early stage of the coronavirus pandemic, Japan identified one flu drug, Avigan, developed by Fujifilm Holdings, that had shown some effectiveness in treating...
Those who have spent too much time with the Japanese print and broadcast media, which echoes (and is echoed by) many Western media, are...
Every August, Japan holds a series of remembrances, including the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, and the August 15th end-of-war announcement. But one date...
Japan posted advisories to NOT travel to certain named countries and banned the entry of visitors from those countries beginning on March 9 in response...
Bookmark is a new JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to...
