On June 12, the foreign ministry announced that OKADA Seiji would succeed the Catholic NAKAMURA Matthew Yoshio as Japan’s ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to...
The clashes between Indian and Chinese troops at the Galwan Valley in Ladakh along the LAC (Line of Actual Control) on the night of June...
Is Chinese President Xi Jinping a national salvation leader or an oppressive dictator? Xi clearly attempted to position himself as the former when China’s...
Having succeeded in curbing the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in the country, Taiwan lifted its limits on large-scale gatherings, such as concerts...
On May 20, when a ceremony was held for Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to enter her second term, the United States announced the sale...
On June 4 the world marked the 31st anniversary of the infamous Tiananmen Massacre in which the Chinese government employed lethal military force to crack...
One need not be a cynic to think the Japanese government’s preferred approach to problems is to ignore them, while hoping they go away...
The phrase “50 years no change” became a buzzword around 1997. When Hong Kong was returned to China on July 1 of that year, the...
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus from Wuhan in late 2019 has thrown the world into a frenzy, and individuals, business, and governments have...
Even as nations around the world are struggling to respond to the challenge of the novel coronavirus pandemic, China has been making provocative moves...
The Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) regular season will begin on June 19, NPB Commissioner Atsushi Saito announced on Monday. Japanese baseball’s top official...
Amid measures taken against the COVID-19 pandemic, female heads of states, such as Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, are being lauded for their leadership. Their...