The JAPAN Forward team welcomes the New Year with a renewed sense of purpose. Here are some milestones we achieved in 2022 and our vision going...
While affirmation of the Japan-US alliance is welcome, more tasks remain as China, North Korea and Russia work relentlessly to bolster their nuclear forces.
In reality Beijing's "Made in China 2025" policy means that the Chinese market won't be open to significant foreign imports anyway over the long term.
Weary of China's zero-COVID humanitarian havoc, and the world's ambivalence, China's own citizens took the responsibility of making their voices heard.
An Uyghur Japanese national urges consumers to stop buying goods tainted with Chinese forced labor and human rights abuses. How about Tokyo's solar panels?
PM Fumio Kishida embarked on a world tour to meet with five heads of state in just eight days. What does he hope to achieve, and...
Proactive diplomacy, for one, requires Prime Minister Kishida to visit Ukraine and assure President Zelenskyy of Japan's continuing support.
What the former marine did was stupid at best. But how about providing the funding, the technology, and overall support that built up the Chinese PLA?
Peter Tasker’s Year of the Rabbit predictions for the world of sports, politics, economics, and finance ー Happy New Year!
Relive the stories of 2022 that our readers were most interested in through the year, especially our editorials and opinions from Japan.
Relive the stories of 2022 that our readers were most interested in, including the historical debate coming in at Number 2: Comfort Women.
Japanese government aid to India was really to support the refugees from Tibet living there, says the author, while asking why is Japan so secretive about...