Kishida had just completed a summit meeting in India. He slipped out of his hotel in the middle of the night, boarding a chartered plane on...
Only two parents of victims abducted by North Korea are still alive. With no signs of a breakthrough, the family association is forced to make a...
Sending a deputy instead of Foreign Minister Hayashi to the G20 meeting weakens the initiative to halt Russia's aggression in Ukraine.
The former British prime minister and other global lawmakers gathered in Tokyo on February 17 to send one unifying message: the need to stand up to...
While Pyongyang foments rancor in the comfort women issue, "The path to friendship between Japan and South Korea lies in the facts" ーProfessor Tsutomu Nishioka.
As Bank of Japan chief, Kazuo Ueda will be given the difficult task of maintaining monetary easing for the present while edging toward an "exit strategy."
"We cannot just let China act as it wants," warns Japanese Diet member Keiji Furuya, leader of a cross-parliamentary human rights group in Tokyo.
For fear of provoking China, the national government in Tokyo wouldn’t allow onshore surveys despite environmental degredation of the Senkaku Islands.
The 40-year cycle theory says that Japan's national power will hit a low point in 2025. To avoid this, Japan needs prudent and well-balanced monetary policies.
To avert what could be the biggest postwar crisis for Japan's security environment, the country needs a robust security strategy, including collective defense.
In the new book "Can You Win Against China?" (Kimi Tachi, Chugoku Ni Katerunoka), four key national security figures sound an alarm about the China threat.
The National Security Strategy replaces haphazard Cold War era policies under which it is impossible to maintain the peace and safeguard the lives of people.