The 2021 American League MVP is one of three athletes selected as cover stories for the first-ever GQ Sports Issue.
The LDP and Komeito water down, then shelve, the Diet resolution condemning China’s serious human rights violations. Shameful.
In a contest between artistic freedom and a dictatorial regime, world-renowned photographer Chen Man gave in to pressure to promote the Chinese Communist Party’s ideology.
Japan’s acceptance of U.S. missiles against China would realistically pave the way for U.S.-China disarmament talks.
The Lukashenko regime sends immigrants and refugees toward the EU in retaliation for the economic sanctions on Belarus. They are left in the woodlands, suffering from...
Logic suggests Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) should cooperate well. Emotion ensures that they don’t. Here’s why this poses a security problem for the...
The national government and Okinawa Prefecture refuse to discuss the possibility of using Shimojishima Airport for fighter jets, preventing a stronger defense against China’s aggression.
Western countries are working harder toward decarbonization. But the motive is an attempt to become a stronger world power through a new industrial revolution.
Ten days after the Taliban had taken over Kabul, Zubair Babakarkhail and his family were on their way out. Hours after they had left, a suicide...
From pandemic management to relations with its neighbors, Japan faces persistent challenges from the mistakes and unfinished business of the postwar Allied occupation.
The critics’ aim is to intimidate public intellectuals through Nazi-like mob-attack tactics.
The messy U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan brings a realization that Japan is destined to be kept out of the loop, unless it steps up what it...