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E.U. Turns to Japan as It Seeks to Enhance Security Cooperation in and with Asia

Japan and the European Union have similar approaches to peacekeeping that can become the basis for cooperation in their regions and beyond.

Environment4 years ago

EDITORIAL | Balance Environment and Economy in Setting Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions Target

Japan aims to emit virtually zero greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide by 2050, according to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s first policy speech on...

Coronavirus4 years ago

Foreigners Should Be Okay with Taro Aso Describing Japanese Good Manners as Mindo 民度

All of us like to receive compliments. The Japanese, I have noticed, particularly enjoy hearing praise from foreigners. Compliments in newspaper articles are especially...

Coronavirus4 years ago

INTERVIEW | Pandemic Shows Nations Are On Their Own — Historian Edward Luttwak

The novel coronavirus pandemic has been described as the worst global crisis since World War II. In an April 16 interview from Washington, The Sankei...

Coronavirus5 years ago

The Economic Contagion of the Coronavirus

For the first time since the health crisis began, recent days have seen more recoveries than new cases, something worth bearing in mind when weighing up...

Economy & Tech5 years ago

Abe to Moon: South Korean Plant Emits More Radioactive Substances Than Treated Water at Fukushima

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told his counterpart South Korean President Moon Jae In: “The quantity of radioactive substances in treated water released at Fukushima...

Politics & Security7 years ago

Macron Should Understand Importance of Japanese-French Relations — Dr. Valerie Niquet

Valerie Niquet, visiting fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs in Tokyo and senior Asia expert at the Foundation for Strategic Research in France,...