The G20 summit is set to take place on Friday and Saturday, June 28 and 29, in Osaka, along with the first major typhoon of...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recently vowed to “unconditionally” meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, breaking from reiteration of his earlier rhetoric that...
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has asked for direct talks with the Japanese government on cooperation in the areas of cybersecurity and other national security...
By Mizuki Okada The United Kingdom is strengthening its relations with Asian countries, including Japan, just as it is facing withdrawal from the European...
(Part 1 of 5) Throughout the United States, there have been growing concerns surrounding the “Confucius Institute” — the Chinese government’s...
The Sankei Shimbun On the afternoon of June 7—predawn on June 8, Japan time—Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and United States President Donald Trump...
(Last of Three Parts) Part 1: North Korea, U.S. should first agree on what ‘denuclearization’ means — security specialist Part 2: Japan Should Manage...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean Workers’ Party Chairman Kim Jong-un held talks on April 27 at Panmunjom, the truce village straddling the...
(Second of Five Parts) As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe heads to the United States for a summit on April 17, JAPAN Forward runs a...
Do not be fooled by the smile democracy and staged reconciliation—now is the time to put strong pressure on North Korea to denuclearize. After...
(First of Two Parts) In recent years there have been growing concerns among nations in the Indo-Pacific region about the rise of...
The destructive worldview of terrorism and violent extremism needs to be labeled as the “rarest of rare” and worst crime against humanity. The globalization of...