The Myanmar people chose democracy, not military despotism in last November’s election. The military should immediately release Suu Kyi and stay out of politics.
Listen in as the JAPAN Forward editorial team discusses the stories that continue to shape our outlook after dominating Japan’s headlines over the last year.
Shinzo Abe helped us understand that the concept of a broader Asia has transcending geographical boundaries, with the merging of the Pacific and Indian Oceans becoming...
The usually anti-Abe daily runs 6 articles on the same issue in one day, insinuating his guilt in headlines that facts cannot support. I didn’t want...
~~ As 2020 comes to a close, we at JAPAN Forward are reflecting on the stories that moved Japan forward this year. While SARS-Cov-2 the virus...
COVID-19 dominated every facet of our news and daily lives from the end of January. Here we look at the international friction that clung to the...
~The nurturing of democracy in this nation of nearly 55 million people is critical if a “free and open Indo-Pacific” is to be realized.~ ...
~The majority of Japanese citizens are justifiably concerned about Chinese behavior.~ Japan’s official response to provocative public statements made by Chinese State Councilor and...
Japan has been at the forefront of fully implementing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Here’s how it is working with like-minded countries such as...
After six years of negotiations, Japan and Australia have agreed to work on a pact that will facilitate military exchanges and joint exercises between...
Japan, China, South Korea, and other nations including the ASEAN member states signed a major trade deal – the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) –...
Earlier in November, Nepal’s political opposition was more than vocal in highlighting Beijing’s latest territorial seizure worth around 150 hectares along the Himalayan border running between...