Amicable relations with a stable Beijing has proved a fantasy. In fact, Tokyo needs to conduct a wholesale reframing of our relations with that country.
Among the protestors from Hong Kong and Japan were also people from mainland China, showing their support for the cause of Hong Kong.
Ishihara loved unlikely adventures, but there was more to it than that. He was fascinated by the supernatural and inexplicable, and even flying saucers.
Choosing the option of surrender over nuclear war is dubious. Such a weak attitude is exactly what a country flashing its nuclear card would want.
Putin felt free to be aggressive in Ukraine because of the West’s failure to firmly condemn his actions in Crimea and Georgia in 2014 and 2008,...
Huge underwater volcanic explosions at Hunga-Tonga and Hunga-Ha'apai have disrupted communications, transportation and left the island nation without a clean water supply.
Demonstrators demanding policy changes due to high fuel prices and corruption, as well as democracy, have been brutally beaten back with more than 160 deaths.
After China quashed internationally guaranteed freedoms in Hong Kong, the main battlefield to fight for freedom and democracy has shifted to Taiwan.
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...
From pandemic management to relations with its neighbors, Japan faces persistent challenges from the mistakes and unfinished business of the postwar Allied occupation.
Countries with strong ties to Myanmar, including Japan, should create a mechanism for resolving the problem, in cooperation with the U.N. Security Council and the ASEAN.
Many Russians share the concern of Westerners over the continued detention of Putin critic Alexei Navalny. He is one of the very few politicians capable of...