A climactic battle is coming for rescuing Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea. In the first ever United States-North Korea summit in June 2018,...
The long duration of Japan’s pacifism in the face of increasing belligerence from China is not only an effect of near-sighted historical memory...
United States President Donald Trump’s Twitter feed colorfully reveals the subjects which pass through his mind. His favorite topic is himself. He also...
JAPAN Forward and The Sankei Shimbun sat down with Mick Mulvaney, the director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Trump administration,...
In 12 months’ time, Japan’s consumption tax is scheduled to rise from 8% to 10%. That may not seem like very much....
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced bilateral relations with China are “shifting from competition to collaboration” during his recent talks with Chinese President Xi...
Taiwan’s president has urged Japan to help protect the island from what she calls “tremendous pressure” from mainland China. President Tsai Ing-wen...
The upcoming visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Japan on October 28-29, 2018 for the 13th India-Japan Annual Summit will be keenly followed, not...
Questions have been raised as to whether corruption or favoritism played a role in China acquiring sufficient votes to get China’s Vice Minister of Public Security,...
We welcome the Trump administration’s recent comments denouncing China’s aggressive meddling in democracies and its hegemonic behavior, while reaffirming the United States’ commitment to the...
JAPAN Forward sat down with the American ambassador to Japan, William F. Hagerty, and discussed the United States’ relations with Japan, China, North...
By Fumito Ishibashi Shinzo Abe secured a third three-year term of office in the latest leadership election of the ruling Liberal Democratic...
