We simply cannot believe our ears. South Korea, which has raised a problem that has already been solved, is now asking Japan to show...
It is high time for the Diet to start debating the issues that matter most for the nation. That was the strongest impression we...
During his Southeast Asian tour in October, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga consistently advocated a “free and open Indo-Pacific” with China in mind. Following...
The Science Council of Japan (SCJ) was established as a state organ in 1949 with support from leftists within the General Headquarters of the...
Ahead of the upcoming presidential election in the United States, our correspondent in Washington reached out to former Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty in...
Japan and the United Kingdom signed on October 23 an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), which “opens a clear pathway” to the latter’s membership in...
I have something, as a Japanese, to be grateful to both Mr. Donald J. Trump, a Republican, and Mr. Joseph R. Biden, a Democrat. It...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in March 2018 had famously dismissed the Quad and the Indo-Pacific concept as a “headline-grabbing idea” that would “dissipate...
Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU, launched a cyberattack in an effort to sabotage the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, which had been scheduled for...
Two Chinese government vessels stayed in Japan’s territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, for an uninterrupted 57 hours and 39 minutes, from...
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga delivered his first policy speech since becoming Japan’s leader on Monday, on October 26, during the 203rd Extraordinary Diet session,...
This is a grave situation that cannot be brushed off as a bad joke. On October 13, the United Nations General Assembly voted...