The new document will be useful when traveling to limited countries that currently have agreements with Japan. Initially, it will not be used for travel to...
Xi Jinping’s hardline wolf warrior diplomacy has backfired, leading Japan, the U.S. and Europe to become more engaged in Indo-Pacific trade and security, and increasingly vigilant...
“Is it sound,” asks Diet member Haruko Arimura, that “a cultural center of a country ruled exclusively by the Communist Party” be strategically placed in 14...
Western sanctions over human rights and Hong Kong appear to be working, as China’s foreign exchange reserves have hardly increased since 2017, revealing the totalitarian regime’s...
The entire world has been sitting in a cinema, watching a very bad film without being able to get up. Once the people leave the cinema...
There are many things Japan should do, but in terms of geopolitics I would say two things: prepare to go alone without American support, and find...
The news circulated like wildfire on December 2 when it was announced that the British pharmaceuticals regulator, the MHRA, had decided that the COVID-19 vaccine developed...
~The choice is still ours—our friendship can change the world, if we want it to.~ Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you...
Share prices in Tokyo are enjoying a boom. Investors impressed by the recent performance of Japan’s big corporations have been gradually moving more of their money...
It is natural for universities to manage their research programs to prevent advanced technologies that can be applied for military purposes from leaking overseas....
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NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan’s largest mobile phone operator, is at the center of a movement to forge ahead with “open standards” for 5G —...