The room is dark. A waiter arrives with bowls of green tea and ice cream. The tea itself is thick and foamy. Within the bowl, something...
~In Japan's broader world, rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic prompted many countries to demand answers that never came. Japan’s reaction and theirs: seek stronger alliances...
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 wide variety of encouraging messages received from a total of 5 international advisors and 47 laureates of the Praemium Imperiale have been received and are...
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced a further relaxation of international travel restrictions following a Cabinet meeting on October 30. Under certain conditions, Japanese citizens and...
What does the coronavirus mean for film festivals? World-class film festivals gathered together on May 20 to launch “ We Are One: A Global Film...
(Cover map courtesy of: Press Trust of India, cited in https://kashmirobserver.) The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has trespassed inside the Indian-perceived Line of...
Ian Bremmer (Photo by Richard Jopson, ©Eurasia Group) COVID-19 has brought into sharp focus how anything we take for granted might need to be...
China yet again has intruded inside the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in India’s Ladakh sector. It has placed about 5,000 soldiers and armored vehicles...
The recent Sino-Indian clashes in the Naku La sector of Sikkim and along the Pangong Lake in eastern Ladakh have once again brought to light...
China’s novel coronavirus epidemic could well become Xi Jinping’s greatest internal challenge. The epidemic’s economic and social ramifications are stretching beyond control and have...
North Korea held a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Korean Workers' Party (KWP) from December 28-31. Although some 300 full and candidate...