How did a ninety-two year old woman who has been a virtual recluse in a Tokyo mental hospital since 1975 become “the world’s most popular artist”?
Death of the brother of Yaeko Taguchi, abducted by North Korean agents in 1978, ends the dream of a family reunion, but work to bring home...
Tsuboi spent his life teaching about the horrors of atomic weapons. He died at the age of 96, leaving the battle for a nuclear weapons-free world...
Is this nomination for the position of U.S. Ambassador to Japan, as one writer suggested, simply to exile the Chicagoan as far away from D.C. as...
Japan's new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida should take lessons from Shinzo Abe on how to keep the nation safe from aggression.
The new LDP president won a decisive victory in a four-way race for the job and a strong chance to lead the country following the election...
The result of party elections in Japan is usually predictable. Find out why this one’s not.
The United States must focus its diplomatic and military assets on the ‘Asian front’ in order to strategically deter China.
In the ancient Greeks’ Olympic Games around 2,800 years ago, an Olympic truce was observed to help secure safe travel to and from the Games. The...
Mr. Akiba is known for having gained deep confidence from both prime ministers Abe and Suga, in his position as Japan’s longest-serving vice foreign minister in...
Taiwan should be at the top of the list as a Chinese military takeover is much closer to us than most think.