They share the concern that China might be plotting to use force to annex Taiwan and change the status quo in the East China Sea and...
You don't just deter overnight, It’s like a stone wall that is slowly built up over time. And at the very least, don't tell your adversary...
“The video in question was up for almost a month, and the Foreign Ministry didn’t even notice. We are losing the information war,” said one Diet...
Prominent director Naomi Kawase’s project is set to be shown on May 25 in the Festival de Cannes Classics Selection.
Does Japan have the will to transform into a normal country, like Germany has done almost instantaneously in the wake of the Ukraine crisis?
The Week is a podcast for busy people keeping abreast of views from Japan on the latest in geopolitics, pop culture, and exciting events in films...
China is the world’s number one greenhouse gas emitter, accounting for about one-third of the total in the entire world, but has shown no willingness to...
Misaki Oshigiri and Momoka Horikawa, Japan’s two skaters in the event, set personal-best times.
Quarreling over whether or not such statues should be erected in public spaces has created friction among local residents and led to the division of local...
Germany will assume the G7 presidency in 2022. Expectations are high that the new German government will act to protect human rights and international law.
The installation of the statue in Germany is not only incompatible with South Korea’s 2015 and earlier agreements with Japan, but it is an unduly one-sided,...
Japan has no means to counter a possible Chinese invasion. Its constitution, untouched for 74 years, prevents it from establishing land, sea, and air forces.
