It is nearly four months since the entire world was struck by the deadly Wuhan virus. No country, region, or continent has been able...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Monday evening, May 25, the lifting of the state of emergency in Tokyo and the remaining prefectures, crediting “the strength...
China’s overambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) (一带一路) is likely to hit a major financial roadblock. The Wuhan virus that has brought the entire world...
(First of Two Parts) Part 2: INTERVIEW | Shinzo Abe on Economic Aid, Crisis Management in the Face of COVID-19 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe revealed his...
I live near one of the top five sightseeing spots in Kyoto. For the last 10 years or so, when I go out during the day,...
What is Japan doing in terms of helping build food security in at home and around the world? Japan made global headlines following the death...
Japan has been experiencing low inflation and deflation since the 1990s, and the Bank of Japan (BoJ) has been fighting deflation ever since. It is...
On August 29, 2019, the Washington Post published an article, “Japan is a Trumpian paradise of low immigration rates. It is also a dying country.” The...
Prior to hosting the G-20 Summit in Osaka in late June, the Abe government was considering proposing a set of rules for infrastructure investment...
Women’s empowerment had been a key element on the G20 agenda in the last few years, and the 2019 summit in Osaka was no exception....
Former United States Ambassador to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Curtis S. Chin, now an Asia fellow for the Milken Institute, granted an exclusive interview to...
The future of regionalism in the larger Indo-Pacific continues to be uncertain. This is because the region expects China to be more forthcoming and transparent,...