There is no sign of the prevalent novel coronavirus infections letting up in India as of the end of May. Nevertheless, India’s central government has...
At one time shipbuilders in Japan accounted for around half of all new ships built in the world. However, from the 1990s the...
Shigeru Yokota, the father of Megumi Yokota who was abducted by North Korea, has passed away. I have been fighting together with him since...
The global spread of the coronavirus has raised urgent concerns over the pharmaceutical sector’s excessive dependence on China. China produces many of the active...
Although the illumination on the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building and the Rainbow Bridge has been turned to seven colors from the alert signal of red,...
A little more than a week after the so-called “Hagerty Incident” — where presidential press secretary James C. Hagerty was mobbed at Haneda Airport...
Is Chinese President Xi Jinping a national salvation leader or an oppressive dictator? Xi clearly attempted to position himself as the former when China’s...
(Cover map courtesy of: Press Trust of India, cited in https://kashmirobserver.) The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has trespassed inside the Indian-perceived Line of...
This essay is dedicated to Mr. Shigeru Yokota (1932-2020), who fought for victims abducted by North Korea. “Congratulations on your wedding! There will...
Having succeeded in curbing the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in the country, Taiwan lifted its limits on large-scale gatherings, such as concerts...
The recent clashes along the Sino-Indian border point to a new era in the ties between India and China. While the two nations had...
To overcome the global pandemic, it is imperative for the international community to swiftly develop vaccines and drug treatments for COVID-19, and make them freely...