The expert panel's focus on Japan's defense buildup is called for, but what Japan really needs is an overhaul of its security and foreign policy posturing.
With its provocative missile launches and nuclear threats, North Korea is causing Japan and South Korea to rethink deterrence and alliance-based cooperation.
Japan's geopolitical neighborhood faces a triple crisis, but most Diet members are focused on trivia instead of protecting the people and our homeland.
Why the extraneous spending in the administration's new fiscal package? It should focus on structural reform for the recovery of Japan's economy.
As China wields its economic power to recast the global order, Japanese technology may prove an effective deterrent against the regime's intimidation tactics.
The UN Human Rights Council's decision came days after World Uyghur Congress representatives and a camp survivor took their appeal to Japanese lawmakers.
The same social media accounts spread rumors about the Abe assassination, pro-Russian theories on the Ukraine invasion, and COVID-19 conspiracies.
Kishida's remarks at the State Funeral were meaningful and showed his determination to do what he believes is right, even if national opinion is divided.
Tokyo hopes that, through direct talks with Beijing, it can encourage restraint on the Taiwan situation and China's provocative behavior around the Senkakus.
"You believed that economic growth could only be achieved if the leaders of tomorrow envisioned a bright future" and many young people have come to honor...
Cross-linked in each others' visions for a prosperous and peaceful Indo-Pacific, Japan also shared a role in democratic India's rise to the 5th largest economy.
Inside and outside the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, thousands of people said a final goodbye to the consequential and longest serving prime minister of Japan.