PM Yoshihide Suga details how the 74-year-old Occupation era constitution impedes the country’s response to modern problems, including the COVID-19 emergency, and how he plans to...
The U.S. and Japan share interests and common threats in NE Asia and the Indo-Pacific. The synergy between their leaders can make or break the success...
This saliva test will be required for athletes and people who have close contact with Olympians "to minimize the risk of undetected positive cases that could...
As Golden Week holiday approaches and three months before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Japan is on alert due to a worrisome increase in the number of...
President Joe Biden and Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga confirmed the ‘iron clad’ U.S.-Japan relationship and broke a taboo by voicing joint support for Taiwan.
The two leaders, wearing matching blue business suits, found rapport as they tackled concerns about North Korea’s abductions, Chinese aggression, and other global issues.
Prime Minister Suga and President Biden agreed that new forms of cooperation are needed as China continues to pose serious threats to maritime freedom, human rights,...
Japan’s plan calls for bringing the concentration of tritium to less than 1/40th the national standard. Yet, China and South Korea, which both release high quantities,...
If Japan does not develop its own defenses into a serious force able to operate with the Americans (and the QUAD), U.S. promises – and even...
The Suga Cabinet decision gives the nuclear plant’s operators 2 years to address fishery concerns and develop a comprehensive monitoring system for ocean discharge of the...
Baseless rumors holding up release of the safe, treated water are only obstructing the far more important job of decommissioning the damaged nuclear reactor itself.
North Korea, which boycotted the 1988 Seoul Games, became the first nation to announce it will skip the upcoming Olympics amidst the global pandemic.