I have something, as a Japanese, to be grateful to both Mr. Donald J. Trump, a Republican, and Mr. Joseph R. Biden, a Democrat. It...
While expanding its hegemony under the slogan of the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,” China has repeatedly carried out joint naval and air force...
The United States government has begun to tighten surveillance of Confucius Institutes operating in that country. Confucius Institutes are non-profit educational institutions established...
Although China may lack power in the global arena amid the COVID-19 pandemic, its economic growth is quickly getting back on track. The Xi...
The Xi Jinping-led dictatorship of the Chinese Communist Party has begun to reenact in Hong Kong the Tiananmen Massacre of 1989, which crushed the fledgling...
I arrived in Taipei, Taiwan, as The Sankei Shimbun bureau chief in January 1991, shortly after the outbreak of the Gulf War. Lee Teng-hui (1923-2020)...
The Chinese novelist Yang Yi (real name Liu Qiao) — so far the only non-Japanese national to ever win the prestigious Akutagawa Prize (2008)...
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to a...
Against a background of international criticism of its crackdown on the Uyghur minority in Xinjiang province and police violence in Hong Kong, the Communist...
There is no sign of the prevalent novel coronavirus infections letting up in India as of the end of May. Nevertheless, India’s central government has...
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...
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus from Wuhan in late 2019 has thrown the world into a frenzy, and individuals, business, and governments have...
