The Group of Seven industrial democracies, at their annual summit meeting in August, should have agreed to urge China to recognize Hong Kong’s high-level autonomy and...
PARIS —The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has abandoned its goal of reforming the process for inscribing entries into its Memory of...
It is already 30 years since the Tiananmen Massacre of June 4, 1989, during which regular units of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army bloodily suppressed...
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo was reelected to a second term in office as the Southeast Asian nation’s top political leader, in a one-on-one contest against...
Presented by Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC) Official development assistance (ODA), direct investment in Southeast Asia, participation in the Cambodian peace process,...
The Japanese government announced the end of its official development assistance (ODA) to China in late October. This makes it a good time...
By Anders Corr, Ph.D. China is one of history’s most dangerous countries. In August, the United Nations reported that China is...
(Conclusion) Part 1: Former Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian Re-emerges, Pushes for Referendum on China By Akio Yaita “Simply behaving like...
(Part 1 of 2) By Akio Yaita Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan’s former president who stepped down in 2008, is on medical parole...
By Yoko Mada July 13, 2018, marked the first anniversary of the death in a Chinese prison of democracy activist and Nobel...
I first visited Liu Xiaobo’s home in West Beijing in May 2008. Under the dim lights in his small living room, he answered my question...
The Chinese political activist Liu Xiaobo, 61, died on Thursday, July 13, after the government of China refused to let him seek treatment outside of...