International Women's Day (IWD) celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Annually recognized on March 8, the day also marks a call to...
By Duncan Bartlett Donald Trump has said he is preparing to hold a second summit with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un in...
A new true-to-life film on the abduction of Japanese by North Korea is out. And Pain with No End – The Abduction of Japanese Citizens...
JAPAN Forward After thanking United States President Donald Trump for supposedly “stating in clear terms” to Kim Jong-un the issue of abductions...
Out of the hard lessons of Pearl Harbor and through the kindness of one American reader, we learn new stories of the ongoing work of history...
The former prime minister and senior statesman who brought stability to the nation and built relationships with countries worldwide was shot dead on July 8.
A revealing look at cultural, national, and international obstacles facing Japan-Korea relations and the attempts to bring home North Korea’s Japanese abductees.
It has been more than 40 years for many families whose loved ones were abducted by agents of North Korea. In the meantime, North Korean people...
Xi Jinping’s China is driven not by traditional communist ideology but the unabashed urge to control more territory. And it appears willing to risk war to...
It is a true story. Her name was YOKOTA Megumi. The happy 13-year-old finished after-school badminton practice with her friends that late afternoon in Niigata, a...