Holding lawmakers individually accountable for public funds is one priority of the Diet. National security and imperial succession matters need attention too.
LegCo says it wants new economic development in Hong Kong. But after passing this draconian ordinance, the risk of arbitrary detention is a strong deterrence.
Japan’s G7 presidency brought many voices to the table while highlighting the value of the free and open international order based on the rule of law...
The new law introduces harsher penalties for vaguely defined offenses, raising concerns about arbitrary enforcement and escalating repression in Hong Kong.
Komeito has agreed to the joint Japan-UK-Italy fighter jet development program, so why is it stonewalling a change to allow sales of the jets to other...
North Korea and Russia continue to trade arms in flagrant breach of UN resolutions, threatening regional security and raising weapons proliferation risks.
The COFAs bolster the Island nations and secure most of an "east-west corridor" from Hawaii to the western edge of the Pacific essential for national security.
United Nations Security Council resolutions forbid transactions with North Korea involving arms or military technology. Russia is brazenly violating all these.
A former North Korean diplomat who defected to South Korea in 2016, PPP lawmaker Tae Young-ho has committed to accounting for the North's abductions victims.
The international community must not sit idly by and watch North Korea continue its provocations, with backing from Russia and China.
A pro-China president in the Maldives is the moment Beijing has been waiting for to consolidate its expanding strategic naval footprint in the Indian Ocean.
While the facts behind the LDP scandal must be fully explained, the new Kishida Cabinet cannot delay completing the budget and tackling urgent national issues.